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The trials are scheduled to commence in the first half of 2010 and will run for between six and nine months. SingTel says they will help it and the other carriers better understand LTE and determine the best approach and strategy for its adoption in their respective local markets.
'The trials will also lay the groundwork to establish a regionally compatible LTE network to facilitate growth in the mobile broadband business for the SingTel Group. This high-speed network will also allow the Group to deploy new services across the region quickly, giving customers faster access to the widest selection of mobile service offerings in these markets," SingTel said.
According to SingTel "LTE base stations and core network equipment will be installed for detailed field tests that will evaluate the features and end-to-end performance of the technology...Tests will be conducted for a wide range of scenarios and conditions, including different frequency bands and urban environments."
LTE has already been demonstrated in Australia, in 2008 by Ericsson. However this was a very limited demonstration using prototype equipment (the 'CPE' was the size of a wardrobe).
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