NEC Forms LTE Partnership with China's Wuhan Research Institute

NEC and Wuhan Research Institute of Post and Telecommunications (WRI) have agreed to collaborate in the development, manufacturing, sales and field support of 3GPP compliant LTE wireless access systems, including wireless base stations (eNodeB), Operation and Maintenance Sub-systems and Self Organizing Network (SON). The jointly developed systems support both TD-LTE and FD-LTE standards, and will be commercially available within 2011.



NEC boasts LTE capabilities that include advanced RF technology, base station control and management technology, and optimized radio access area design technology. NEC has provided LTE solution to NTT DOCOMO, who launched commercial LTE services in December 2010.



WRI is a leading telecommunications vendor in China and has been participating in TD-LTE tests conducted by the China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology utilizing prototype system.
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