LTE-A

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: US operator Sprint claims it is already well prepared for the rollout of 5G technology due to its spectrum assets, deployment of LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) technology, and experience of offering unlimited data packages.

The Philippines’ largest operator Smart launched the country’s first commercial LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network in Boracay, offering theoretical download speeds of 200-250Mb/s, which it said are three times higher than its current LTE speeds.

True selects Ericsson for LTE-A rollout Thailand’s third largest operator True Move selected Ericsson to deploy an LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation network and expand its existing 3G network.

AIS and True Move both announced aggressive plans to roll out nationwide LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) service on their newly-acquired 4G spectrum this year.

Smartfren Telecom rolled out a TDD-FDD LTE-Advanced network in 11 cities in western Indonesia, including Jakarta.

China Mobile has teamed up with Chinese equipment vendor ZTE to trial tri-band carrier aggregation (CA) LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) to achieve theoretical peak download speeds of more than 300Mb/s using CAT 9 devices powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 processor.

South Korea’s second largest mobile player KT has introduced what it says is the world’s fastest mobile service by combining LTE and WiFi networks to offer a theoretical maximum download speed of 1. 17Gb/s.