Reply With QuoteBharti and Infotel are doing trials on their offices for some time... Infotel probably had their phase 3 trials, and Bharti had several ones with different vendors.
But somehow all BWA players are keeping LTE news under the hood.
In India Reliance Infotel Broadband is all Vocal about the Progress of 4G TD-LTE Broadband. However, in China the progress of TD-LTE (4G technology) coming along very well with deployments in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hanzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Xiamen. China has taken the best approach of deploying Gears from all the Vendors on a trial basis at different parts to see who is the best and how Huawei and ZTE can improve their network gear.
The ITU has declared that TD-LTE is designated as the international 4G standards.
Phase 1 of the TD-LTE network trials has been completed in six chosen cities in China.
Phase 2 of the TD-LTE network trials should start soon with tests of handsets and wireless data cards already scheduled.
TD-LTE network trials are progressing to more mature levels (ie, network testing usually starts with equipment, before handsets). China Mobile is fairly confident with the TD-LTE technology, given that it showcased the technology to government leaders in Beijing.
When will trials begin in India ?
Bharti and Infotel are doing trials on their offices for some time... Infotel probably had their phase 3 trials, and Bharti had several ones with different vendors.
But somehow all BWA players are keeping LTE news under the hood.
TD-LTE Phase II trial to focus on multi-mode equipment/handset
MIIT (the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) approved the details of the second phase of TD-LTE network trial, which is to be carried out in 10 cities from Feb to Jun 2012. The second phase will focus on (1) multi-mode network (2G/3G/4G/WLAN) cooperation on the equipment side, and (2) TD-LTE/TD-SCDMA multi-mode terminal testing (Source: C114, Feb 2)
MIIT believes base station density as well as the maturity of TD-LTE handset value chain are two key bottlenecks for the success of TD-LTE in China.
MIIT aims to increase the number of TD-SCDMA base stations to 400k within three years from the current level of 220k. This will greatly simplify the migration from 3G to 4G.
MIIT thinks current 4G smartphones still have problems in power consumption and usability. MIIT encourages chipset vendors and handset OEMs to improve the product quality, and expects new LTE smartphone models to be ready by the end of 2012 or early 2013.
China Telecom / CT believes that 3G and 4G will coexist for a long time in the future as LTE will mostly be used to provide data services in urban areas. CT has been following the development of LTE overseas and already obtained some LTE intellectual properties.
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