Nortel and LG Electronics are First in World to Demonstrate Mobile
LTE Handover
Nortel Takes LTE on a Road Trip Streaming HD Video While Traveling at
Highway Speeds
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - August 28, 2008) - Nortel(1) (TSX:
NT)(NYSE: NT) and LG Electronics(2) have taken LTE from the labs to
the streets to complete the world's first mobile LTE live air
handover. Engineers at Nortel's Research and Development Centre of
Excellence in Ottawa showed streaming HD video on an early LTE mobile
device from LG Electronics while driving at speeds of 100 kms per
hour and moving between coverage sites. This advancement shows the
capabilities of Nortel's LTE solution in real world conditions and
brings it closer to commercial readiness, which is expected by the
end of 2009.
The milestone announced today shows that Nortel's LTE solution can
provide the reliable mobile coverage that today's 2G and 3G network
users depend on while offering much greater bandwidth, higher
capacity and lower latency. Wireless networks provide pervasive
coverage, keeping users connected as they move between coverage areas
by handing connections over from one transmitter site to the next.
Nortel's LTE live air handover demonstrated this important
capability. LTE helps bridge the gap between network demand and
capability allowing operators to create a 4G wireless broadband
network that can cover millions of mobile subscribers.
"Nortel continues to innovate in wireless technologies like LTE,
leading the way to the next generation of true mobile broadband to
support the demands of hyperconnected users," said Richard Lowe,
president of carrier networks, Nortel. "Today's telecommunications
market is experiencing a massive trend towards Hyperconnectivity as
more people and devices become connected. With the increasing
popularity of bandwidth-intensive applications over mobile devices
like laptops and smartphones, wireless operators need to prepare to
offer a complete personal broadband experience."
"Operators can leverage the capabilities of LTE to allow subscribers
to take their personalized versions of the web - their videos, their
social networks, their music, their business tools - with them
wherever they are," Lowe said." Mature telecommunications markets can
also maximize the content-rich applications and services enabled by
LTE to drive new revenue."
To learn more about Nortel's LTE development strategy listen to this
podcast with Danny Locklear, Nortel's vice president of marketing for
carrier networks.
"Nortel, the LG-Nortel JV, and LG Electronics are accelerating the
commercialization of LTE and showing consistent progress towards
end-to-end interoperability to ensure alignment between
infrastructure and devices," said Jinsung Choi, head of LG
Electronics' Mobile Communications Tech Research Lab. "During our
three years of collaboration we have set the bar for innovation in
LTE, showing the world how true mobile broadband can bring us the
highest quality communication and entertainment no matter where we
are."
The LTE demonstration was conducted over a network consisting of
multiple cell sites and sectors served by Nortel's eNodeB LTE base
station and ATCA-based Access Gateway. The interoperability between
Nortel's network and the device from LG Electronics is based on 3GPP
Release 8 Standard. As the first in the world to reach this
milestone, Nortel is leading the way to making LTE a reality for
carriers and their customers.
Nortel's LTE solutions will allow operators to simply, efficiently,
and cost-effectively bring 4G mobile broadband to their customers
regardless of what type of network an operator is currently running -
CDMA, GSM, UMTS - or if they are a new entrant to the wireless
market.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications
capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality
for our customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service
provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and
business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to
help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance
by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they
need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150
countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the
Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit
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