China Mobile and SK Telecom announced the results of a series of TD-LTE trials, stating that they demonstrated the performance “meets the industry target, just like its gemel technology, LTE FDD.”
The companies measured benchmarks including average cell throughput, latency, handover, state transition (idle-to-active) and quality of service, with the resulting opinion that “the expected TD-LTE performance is satisfying and the industry requirements can be met.”
While China Mobile and SKT say that they have been “working closely to contribute to technology development toward maturity of LTE and speed-up commercialisation of LTE networks since 2008,” they have not stated their timescales for the launch of services. The partners did not state which infrastructure vendors they have worked with.
The comments from China Mobile and SKT come at a time that TD-LTE appears to be gaining somemomentum in the industry, especially within the APAC region.
In addition to support from China and South Korea, the technology is also likely to be used to power wireless broadband services in India, as an alternative to WiMAX, and Japan.
Outside of Asia, operators in various markets are also exploring the technology, with Poland’s Aero2 widely reported to be planning a commercial launch later this year – potentially making it the first operator to have a live commercial network.
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