China Launches 2.6GHz TDD Spectrum Planning at TD-LTE Technology
and Spectrum Workshop in Dubai, Allocating 2.6GHz Frequency Band
Ranging from 2500-2690Hz and the Entire Band of 190MHz for TD-LTE
HONG KONG, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The TD-LTE
Technology and Spectrum Workshop at ITU Telecom World 2012 took
place in Dubai on October 14th, 2012. This workshop was jointly
hosted by ITU, China Mobile (HKEx: 941; NYSE: CHL),
Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) and the TD Industry Alliance (TDIA),
aiming to convene industry players to discuss the development trend
of TD-LTE and spectrum-related issues and share experience on the
commercialization of TD-LTE. Mr. Zhao
Houlin, DeputySecretary-General of ITU, Mr. Liu Lihua, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of
Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT), Mr. Zhao Jibin, Vice President
of China Mobile, and leaders from national telecom authorities as
well as senior representatives from operators attended this
workshop.
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The government of China
officially announced its 2.6GHz TDD spectrum planning at the
workshop. Mr. Liu Lihua stated, "The
government of China attaches
great importance to the research and development as well as the
commercialization of the new-generation broadband mobile
communication technology, and has provided active support for
industrial initiatives, such as technological tests, to advance the
industry development. As one of the mainstream evolution standards,
TD-LTE has great edge in spectrum utilization, and receives
widespread recognition from global operators and device
manufacturers." Mr. Xie Cun, Deputy
Director of Radio Regulatory Bureau, MIIT introduced the planning
and progress of the frequency resources of China's new-generation mobile broadband
technology. According to him, China has decided to allocate 2.6GHz frequency
band ranging from 2500-2690Hz and the entire band of 190MHz for the
deployment and application of TD-LTE technology.
Such an announcement at the most authoritative meeting
offered great confidence in the development of TD-LTE to the global
industry and market, and helped point out the way for other nations
that were going to plan and allocate frequency resources of mobile
broadband in the near future.
Mr. Zhao Jibin, Vice President of China
Mobile, pointed out at his speech, "China Mobile has always been
committed to advancing the integration of LTE TDD/FDD. Joining
forces with GTI, global operators and industry players, China
Mobile has promoted the maturity and commercialization of TD-LTE.
China Mobile has accomplished the TD-LTE large-scale trial this
year and initiated the expanded large-scale trial across 13
cities in China. 20,000 TD-LTE
base stations will be built up by the end of 2012. Equipment
purchase and network construction across 100 cities in China, covering about 200,000 base stations,
will be launched in 2013. Besides, China Mobile Hong Kong will roll
out a commercial TD-LTE network to provide users with
high-efficiency mobile broadband service based on the integration
of LTE TDD/FDD."
Representatives from GTI and TDIA gave keynote speeches on
the global deployment of TD-LTE, as well as the development of the
TDD industry in the mobile broadband era. As the representative
from GTI mentioned, "GTI achieved rapid growth over the past year,
having not only set up an important international cooperation
platform composed of 50 operators and 37 industrial partners in the
world, but also implemented dozen of GTI task forces under the
categories of network, terminal, business and service working
groups. These helped with the resolution of key problems in the
commercialization to a very large extent and accelerated the
maturity of TD-LTE. In the future, China Mobile will join force
with GTI operators and industrial partners to advance the global
deployment and development of TD-LTE. GTI will adopt more efficient
strategic tactics to promote the development of highly-integrated,
multi-mode multi-band terminals (such as Multi-Mode Multi-Band
MiFi), help expand TD-LTE devices into consumer electronics and
vertical market like connected card and e-learning, build up global
LTE roaming, and advance the convergence of LTE TDD/FDD. These
measures will help address the requirements of the global mobile
Internet market.
In addition, globally leading TDD operators, including
SoftBank, ClearWire, UK Broadband, shared their experiences in the
large-scale deployment and commercialization of TD-LTE and gave
suggestions on spectrum planning and allocation at the
workshop.
By the promotion and support of GTI, totally 12 commercial
TD-LTE networks have been launched globally; 24 operators have
signed contracts for 31 devices, and more than additionally 17
operators have announced their TD-LTE commercialization
plans.
SOURCE China Mobile Limited