China Mobile has selected Nokia Networks as the largest non-Chinese vendor to deploy one million TD-LTE base stations by the end of 2015. The new deal marks the third phase of an ongoing TD-LTE deployment.
Nokia Networks will provide Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station that can support a wide range of frequency bands including 2.6 GHz (band 41), 2.3 GHz (band 40) and 1.9 GHz (band 39). The Finish telecoms vendor will also supply its carrier aggregation software for both macro and small cells including its Flexi Zone small cells and the Flexi Zone Controller, to help China Mobile support high-traffic across indoor and outdoor locations.
In February this year, both companies demonstrated 220 Mbps peak data transmission rates based on 3.5 GHz interband TD-LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation on Nokia Networks' commercial Nokia Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai.
Last year, Nokia closed a US$970 million TD-LTE network deal with the operator that included Evolved Packet Core (EPC), core application platforms and OSS.
Mike Wang, President of Greater China, Nokia Networks
This new TD-LTE-Advanced deal is a big achievement that makes us the number one non-Chinese network vendor in China for the third year in a row. We are proud to support China Mobile with this network expansion project, further building on over 20 years of partnership.
