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PrintTeliaSonera builds Europe’s first multi city LTE/4G network
Long-time partners TeliaSonera and Nokia Siemens Networks have agreed a deal to broaden LTE/4G coverage, meeting growing Nordic and Baltic demand for the best mobile broadband.
The world’s first commercial LTE networks are being expanded with radio network from Nokia Siemens Networks. An agreement with TeliaSonera will see LTE coverage extended in the Nordic Region.
At the end of 2009, TeliaSonera was first in the world to launch commercial LTE networks, providing services in Stockholm and Oslo. Now its aim is to provide the countries’ speediest and most reliable networks to build on its technology leadership.
Nokia Siemens Networks is to provide a Single RAN solution with its award-winning, energy efficient Flexi Multiradio base stations on the 2.6 GHz band, as well as NetActTM network management system to monitor, manage and optimize the network. The deal will also include multi-vendor integration and care services.
Rigorous assessment passed
The two companies have long been partners. “Following a thorough evaluation process, we chose Nokia Siemens Networks to supply LTE radio networks for its high quality technology and competitive offer. Our proven history of success together was another reason for our choice,” explains Lars Klasson, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Business Area Mobility Services at TeliaSonera.
The Flexi base station offers high radio interface capacity matched by a high transport throughput. It brings TeliaSonera a low total cost of ownership, simplified site acquisition and low deployment costs thanks to it compact size, and, being compliant with open standards, full interoperability with TeliaSonera’s core network.
World firsts in LTE
The agreement follows a string of LTE firsts for Nokia Siemens Networks, including the world’s first LTE call and handover using software compliant with the 3GPP Release 8 LTE standard; the world’s first LTE contract; and the completion in association with LG of the first end-to-end LTE interoperability tests in the 2100 MHz frequency band. In yet another LTE first, Nokia Siemens Networks carried out the world’s first voice calls in LTE networks using commercial, 3GPP-standardized user and network equipment in December 2009.
With several LTE deployments expected during 2010 worldwide, the technology is expected to transform how users receive, consume and interact with information and content distributed over mobile networks.