The two firms aim to launch FDD-LTE three-component carrier aggregation in Moscow
Nokia and Russian mobile operator MTS said they have deployed FDD-TDD carrier aggregation technology on MTS’s commercial LTE network in Moscow in a move to increase network coverage and capacity in the area.
The move is said to support network speeds up to 187 megabits per second.
The two companies said they also carried out a demonstration of FDD-LTE three component carrier aggregation on MTS’ network in Moscow, with a plan to implement the technology in the future. Nokia and MTS announced they will continue to test and deploy LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced Pro and “5G” technologies.
Nokia implemented its Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station and LTE software to aggregate 10 megahertz of spectrum in the FDD 1800 band and 20 megahertz of spectrum in the TDD 2600 band. Also, in the demonstration of three-component carrier aggregation, both firms used 25 megahertz of spectrum aggregated across the FDD 1800 (10 megahertz), 2600 (10 megahertz) and 800 (5 megahertz) bands.
“This technology is important as its further implementation in Russia will help increase the efficiency of frequency resource use,” said MTS CTO Andrey Ushatsky.
A1 launches new broadband offering through hybrid boost technology
Also in EMEA, A1, the Austrian subsidiary of Telekom Austria, launched broadband service using “hybrid-boost” technology. The new service is said ti support speeds up to 100 Mbps through a combination of the telco’s fixed broadband and LTE technologies.
A1 said it will invest 500 million euros ($553 million) this year to extend internet coverage in urban and rural areas across the country.
Telekom Austria operates in Austria (A1), Bulgaria (Mobiltel), Belarus (velcom), Croatia (Vipnet), Slovenia (Si.mobil), the Republic of Serbia (Vip mobile) and the Republic of Macedonia (one.Vip) and Liechtenstein (Telecom Liechtenstein). The group counts nearly 24 million across its markets.
