América Móvil's Telcel brand officially launched its LTE service in Mexico.
The service delivers downstream rates of up to 20 Mbps. Telcel said its initial rollout covers 30 zones in nine of the country's largest cities: Mexico DF, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Querétaro, Puebla, Ciudad Juárez, Tijuana, Hermosillo and Mérida.
Telcel has about 69 million subscribers it has an estimated market share of about 77% in wireless services in Mexico.
Ericsson is the key LTE supplier for the Telcel network in Mexico. Ericsson's contract covers deployment of RBS6000 base stations for LTE in multiple bands. The deal also includes the Evolved Packet Core with Home Subscriber Server (HSS) for user data management and SGSN-MME as the mobility management entity that handles control signaling and traffic and can be used for all three generations of mobile data services. Ericsson will also deliver Operating Support Systems (OSS). Financial terms were not disclosed.
