Nokia Networks signs major TD-LTE-Advanced deal with China Mobile

Nokia Networks has been commissioned to provide its latest TD-LTE-Advanced technology to China Mobile. The world's biggest mobile operator plans to deploy one million TD-LTE base stations by the end of 2015, with Nokia Networks being the largest non-Chinese vendor.

The new deal marks the third phase of an ongoing TD-LTE deployment with China Mobile and another milestone in the successful co-operation between the two companies. With this network upgrade and expansion, even more China Mobile subscribers will benefit from high-quality mobile broadband connectivity, extended coverage and capacity, and super-fast Internet response times.

Nokia Networks' services expertise and experience from past global achievements* will ensure the rapid and smooth execution of China Mobile's comprehensive TD-LTE rollout project.

Mike Wang, President of Greater China, Nokia Networks, said: "This new TD-LTE-Advanced deal is a big achievement that makes us the number one non-Chinese network vendor in China for the third year in a row. We are proud to support China Mobile with this network expansion project, further building on over 20 years of partnership."

Nokia carrier aggregation and Flexi Zone small cells will provide increased capacity and coverage in China Mobile's network, thus driving additional user traffic.