HONG KONG, Feb. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The number of
TD-LTE base stations around the world will hit 800,000, covering 3
billion people, and 150 million LTE terminals will be sold this
year, according to the 2014 plan released by Global TD-LTE
Initiative (GTI) at the LTE TDD/FDD International Summit 2014,
which was held in Barcelona, Spain
on February 25 during the GSMA World
Mobile Congress 2014.
Jointly founded by China Mobile, Bharti, SoftBank and other
leading international mobile network operators in 2011, GTI has
become the most influential platform to promote the global
deployment and commercialization of TD-LTE.
Focusing on the key areas for TD-LTE commercialization, GTI has
set up a complete working group system covering network, terminal,
spectrum and service and made great breakthroughs in these fields.
It has released a wide range of white papers for multi-mode and
multi-band terminals, spectrum, networks, synchronization, 3.5GHz
and consumer electronics, and has launched 5-mode 13-band
smartphones with global roaming capability. GTI has been committed
to promoting the global deployment of TD-LTE by catalyzing the
convergence of LTE TDD/FDD, maturity and large scale application of
LTE terminals, enhancing the global roaming and widespread
applications of TD-LTE to consumer electronic and Internet of
Things while driving rapid development of the industry chain and
international market expansion for the related industries.
Now, GTI has 73 partners and 100 operator members. With the
efforts made by GTI, there are already 28 commercial TD-LTE
networks in the world, and more than 40 operator members are
planning to construct TD-LTE networks in their countries.
SOURCE China Mobile Limited