True taps ZTE for 5G commercial network deployment in Thailand

News Wireless Thailand 29 JUL 2020
True taps ZTE for 5G commercial network deployment in Thailand

Thai operator True has selected ZTE to build a commercial 5G network in Thailand. True plans to adopt ZTE's 5G RAN products and services to build a commercial 5G network across the country. Under the terms of the contract, ZTE will provide True with 5G 64TR/32TR/8TR/4TR macro stations and single-band/multi-band indoor QCell, to build a tri-band 5G network on the 700MHz, 2.6GHz and 26GHz bands.

Since 2019, ZTE has been working with True in various technical tests, jointly verifying multiple 5G products, including 3.5GHz 64-channel Massive MIMO, 2.6GHz 64-channel Massive MIMO and 2.6GHz QCell. In addition, ZTE and True have verified 5G technologies such as downlink 16-stream MU-MIMO and 4/5G carrier dynamic sharing.

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Mobile

Companies:

True Move,  ZTE

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Thailand

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Network equipment, Wholesale, 5G, Contract & orders

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