Nokia Networks ranked leader in China Mobile’s quality assessment of its commercial TD-LTE network

Beijing, China, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia Networks has recently been ranked a leader in China Mobile’s quality assessment of its commercial TD-LTE network. The operator has developed a rigorous evaluation program* of its vendor deployments in all the major cities and provinces across China. The results showed a clear advantage for Nokia Networks, which has provided the best network performance as well as the fastest network implementation, measured across the top 10 provincial capitals.

The city of Fuzhou, with a TD-LTE network supplied by Nokia Networks, was the first to launch live TD-LTE for China Mobile. The Fuzhou network also achieved excellent quality, the best in the country, based on performance metrics such as network coverage, interference level, voice and data quality**. Currently, Nokia Networks supplies TD-LTE technology to 18 out of the 31 provinces of China Mobile.

The successful rollout of the new technology has been enabled by expert planning, optimization and project management services from Nokia Networks.

“The China Mobile study proves that Nokia Networks is providing best-in-class network performance in commercial TD-LTE networks,” said Xue Rui, head of delivery of Greater China region at Nokia Networks. “We are delighted to offer China Mobile top network quality for an unmatched customer experience and a seamless rollout that translates to fast availability of user services.”

Nokia Networks is a recognized leader in the commercialization and innovation of TD-LTE with more than 140 TD-LTE and FDD LTE customers worldwide.

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Notes:
* China Mobile is building the largest TD-LTE network in the world. To get an overall understanding of its TD-LTE commercial network deployment and quality status across China, the operator conducted a quality evaluation program in the capital cities of 29 provinces from May to June 2014. The quality evaluation program is based on performance metrics of network coverage, interference level, voice and data service quality.

** Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian province, achieved excellent network quality in the China Mobile TD-LTE quality evaluation program for two consecutive months. It also launched TD-LTE commercial network almost one month ahead of the next province.