Hutchison Telecommunications International (Hutchison Telecom), a Hong Kong-based operator, will initially set up LTE networks in Sweden and Denmark and has selected China-based Huawei Technologies and ZTE to supply network and terminal devices, according to industry sources.
Northern Europe is currently the largest LTE market around the world, with seven of the 17 commercial LTE networks globally in the region, the sources indicated.
Huawei and ZTE will supply LTE COE (central office equipment) and CPE (customer premises equipment) for Hutchison Telecom to deploy LTE networks and operate LTE services in the Sweden and Denmark markets, and may obtain similar orders if Hutchison wins licenses in other countries, the sources pointed out.
180 mobile telecom carriers are establishing or planning to set up LTE networks, including 50 carriers undertaking trial runs, in 70 markets, the sources cited statistics by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) as indicating.
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