Alcatel-Lucent scores LTE trial, Moto passes TD-LTE tests

Alcatel-Lucent said it was selected by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. Group as one of the vendors for a LTE network trial to begin in the first half of next year.
The trial is scheduled to be conducted in Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The trial will be shared among SingTel’s subsidiary Optus in Australia, and partners Telkomsel in Indonesia, AIS in Thailand, Globe in the Philippines, Bharti Airtel in India, PBTL in Bangladesh and Warid in Pakistan.
Alcatel-Lucent said it will provide an end-to-end solution to the trial, including its radio access network; evolved packet core; IP service routing network elements; operating, administration and maintenance systems; as well as professional services.
Moto makes progress on TD-LTE
Motorola Inc. said it has successfully completed and passed a TD-LTE key functionalities test initiated by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Motorola said the test included system equipment platforms offering peaking throughput in excess of 100 megabits per second; successful demonstration of hand over, multi-antenna, quality of service and power control; and adoption of third-party user equipment test to guarantee standard compliance.
Motorola last month demonstrated a live TD-LTE drive tour in Geneva, Switzerland, at the ITU Telecom World 2009 event.
China Mobile has announced plans to build out a TD-LTE trial network in time for the World Expo 2010 event in Shanghai.