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Telefonica picks 6 equipment providers for LTE trials Wednesday 30 September 2009 | 01:44 PM CET
 
Telefonica has inked agreements with six technology providers to launch LTE trials in six different countries. Via these trials, Telefonica aims to roll out 4G networks in the different regions where it operates. Telefonica has selected Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks and ZTE to deploy the equipment necessary for testing the technology during the coming months. Scheduled for development over the next six months, the project consist of field tests and the installation of e-node Bs. Telefonica plans to use the LTE technology to provide peak speeds of up to 340 Mbps in ideal conditions and increase its networks' capacity to offer broadband mobile services. The countries selected for testing are Spain, the UK, Germany and the Czech Republic in Europe, along with Brazil and Argentina in Latin America.
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