Australian operator Telstra has chosen Nokia Siemens Networks, Huawei and Ericsson to conduct trials of LTE in May. Michael Rocca, Telstra's acting chief operations officer, said the trials will help Telstra understand how the new technology will work with the operator's Next G network. Telstra will spend the next three to six months testing the feasibility and technical capability of LTE for future commercialization. The Telstra tests will seek to understand a variety of LTE's attributes including radio access characteristics, coverage, performance, signal propagation and various enhanced packet core features. The testing will comprise urban and rural evaluations of LTE in addition to extensive laboratory trials. Telstra's subsidiary CSL in Hong Kong is already testing LTE with ZTE equipment.
