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Telecom New Zealand will conduct live customer trials of its LTE
network later this year, ahead of the evolution of its XT network to
next-generation mobile broadband technology. The operator is currently
conducting a technology selection process, while aiming to have a trial
service operational with selected business customers and consumers
before the end of 2012. The upgrade is in response to explosive growth
in mobile data and continued rise of smart devices.
Telecom announced today that it will be conducting live customer
trials of Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile technology later this year
in preparation for the evolution of its XT network to 4G.
Telecom CEO, Paul Reynolds, said Telecom is committed to remaining at
the forefront of mobile technology, evolving its world-class, all 3G,
XT network to deliver the best mobile experience to customers.
"Future network investment will be based on maintaining our network
leadership position with a particular focus on accommodating the
explosive growth in mobile data and continued rise of smart devices.
"We will progressively adopt 4G network capability, starting with a
customer trial later this year using LTE technology. The Ministry of
Economic Development is yet to announce its detailed plans for the
auction of 700 MHz spectrum, which will be important for widespread,
cost effective, 4G deployment. But Telecom nevertheless intends to
continue on and build real-world experience of 4G operations through
this trial.
"To that end, we are currently conducting a technology selection
process, with the aim to have the trial service operational with
selected business and consumer customers before the end of 2012.
"4G will deliver an even faster mobile data experience for customers
and underpin the performance of more and more advanced smartdevices and
the applications and services they run.
"It opens up opportunities for our business customers to harness 4G's
capabilities to deliver new applications in areas such as cloud
computing, mobility, video and collaboration tools.
"Telecom customers can be confident of having access to the best mobile services today and in the future," Dr Reynolds said.
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