MWC: Nokia Siemens Launches LTE

Nokia Siemens Networks launched its LTE solution for radio and core networks, including the new Flexi Multimode Base Station, Mobility Management Entity (MME) and System Architecture Evolution (SAE) Gateway.

Nokia Siemens Networks’ LTE solution is targeted at new operators and operators upgrading existing GSM/WCDMA/HSPA networks to provide fast and low-delay Internet services via mobile broadband. LTE will provide joint evolution for both 3GPP and 3GPP2 operators.

The Flexi Multimode Base Station can be deployed with WCDMA/HSPA starting from third quarter 2008 and software upgraded to LTE from the second half of 2009. This new base station will help operators minimize network deployment and operational costs, and brings energy consumption down to a new level, the company said. The Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi Base Station family, which already today supports FDD and TDD based technologies, is an optimal platform for LTE, the company said.

Nokia Siemens Networks said its core network will provide a smooth evolution from GSM/WCDMA/HSPA to support LTE/SAE. The Mobility Management Entity and SAE Gateway functionalities will be implemented in Nokia Siemens Networks’ SGSN and Flexi ISN and will be available during the second half of 2009.

Nokia Siemens Networks is highlighting its Flexi Base Station products and demonstrating LTE on the Flexi Multimode Base Station this week at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Spain.

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