Turkcell demonstrated LTE Broadcast technology during a basketball game between Turkey’s two leading teams, Fenerbahce and Galatasaray Odeabank. During the demo, journalists were able to watch HD videos of the game from 4 different angles on Turkcell’s test network that supports 4.5G. Turkcell is planning to roll out 4.5G in all 81 cities of its home country Turkey upon launch on 1 April.
At the auction held on 26 August, Turkcell acquired 47 percent of all spectrum sold. With its spectrum configuration, Turkcell will be able to offer mobile broadband speeds of up to 375 Mbps. This advantage provides additional flexibility for services including LTE Broadcast, the company said. The test was carried out in partnership with Ericsson and journalists used LG G3 smartphones which support LTE broadcast technology.
