T-Mobile Carries out LTE Trials on Huawei Base Stations

T-Mobile says that it has carried out the world's first test of multi-user broadband services with mobility on a Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) using LTE in the city of Innsbruck in West Austria.

The project is the largest European test network covering 60 radio cells - supplied by Huawei - and has running since the beginning of July 2009.

The focus of this test network is to gain customer experience insights as well as technology testing and verification. In particular, T-Mobile is focusing on aspects such as quality, stability and reliability in a variety of environments ranging from the inner city to highways in and around Innsbruck. "With this showcase we implemented a complete new generation of mobile network. Starting from remote radio heads to broadband fibre to all sites with lowest power consumption", states Jim Burke CTO of T-Mobile Austria.

Last September, T-Mobile was the first company to successfully demonstrate NGMN capabilities under real life conditions. During a showcase in Bonn, Germany, T-Mobile was able to achieve data rates of up to 150 Mbit/s and during a showcase in Vienna, Austria earlier this year, T-Mobile achieved a speed of over 130 Mbit/s over the air with four modems registered in a cell at the same time.

"This trial is a necessary step to make our vision for mobile broadband for everyone a reality," commented Günther Ottendorfer, Technology Director Europe for Deutsche Telekom., "We work diligently in each territory where T-Mobile is active to ensure that we are at the forefront of technological innovation, which in turn will let us bring our customers the foremost mobile broadband experience."

Posted to the site on 24th August 2009