Huawei to deploy Telstra trial in Australia

New Delhi, Mar 19 : Huawei, a telecommunications network solutions provider, on Friday announced that it has been selected by Telstra, Australia's largest integrated operator, to deploy Telstra's first Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile trial.

The live trial will be able to reach peak downlink speeds of up to 150Mbps, on which streaming high-definition video, video and voice calls, and lightning-fast internet browsing can be offered.

According to the agreement, Huawei will provide the entire end-to-end LTE/SAE solution for field and lab trials including macro base stations, distributed base stations and SAE core network. The LTE trial, which will be located in Victoria, is expected to begin in May and will run for three to six months.

"This is a great opportunity for Huawei to showcase its next-generation LTE solution in Australia," said Huawei Australia CTO Peter Rossi.

"Australians are some of the most data-hungry mobile users in the world, and in coming years LTE will be able to offer mobile data speeds comparable to the fixed-line broadband speeds available today. Huawei is committed to introducing world-class LTE/SAE technologies in Australia to meet the increasing mobile broadband demands of Telstra's users," Rossi said.

As the world's leading LTE/SAE provider, Huawei has deployed 60 LTE networks including commercial networks, lab trials and field trials in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Huawei has made more than 3,300 LTE/SAE contributions to 3GPP and 168 patents have been granted by ETSI as of December 2009.