KPN picks ZTE for HSPA+, LTE trials in Belgium, Germany

Nieuws Mobiel België 16 FEB 2011
KPN picks ZTE for HSPA+, LTE trials in Belgium, Germany
Dutch operator KPN announced a joint development programme with ZTE focussed on the application of LTE technology in Germany and Belgium. KPN Mobile International and ZTE have scheduled a field trial program for 2011 to investigate the capabilities of ZTE's commercial equipment. The co-operation gives KPN the flexibility to upgrade quickly its network equipment to LTE in the future, if demand is there. KPN has already worked with ZTE on its HSPA networks in Germany and Belgium, started last year. Under the latest agreement, ZTE will help transform KPN networks in Germany and Belgium over a three-year period using ZTE's SDR technology to provide HSPA+ data services. This will mean customers at Base in Belgium and E-Plus in Germany having access to mobile broadband at up to 21.6Mbps. The initial agreement between ZTE and KPN involved the provision of access network technology, but the deal was extended to cover end-to-end solutions including core network and wireless access technologies and Android handsets. The packet-based core network equipment deployed in Germany is now in commercial use. More recently ZTE delivered the co-branded Lutea smartphone to E-Plus and Base in December 2010. In 2010, ZTE established a new company in Belgium, and opened a new office in Düsseldorf dedicated to the KPN transformation project, as well as several new regional offices in Germany. In addition, ZTE set up a customer training centre in Germany and a 24/7 help desk to provide local support to KPN.

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Mobiel

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E-Plus,  KPN,  ZTE Belgium,  Base

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België,  Duitsland

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Network equipment, Wholesale, HSPA, 4G - LTE, Research, Handsets, Contract & orders

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