Motorola Announces Significant Progress on TD-LTE Trials, Further Accelerating TD-LTE Commercialization

(Business News & Technology News, 26 Nov 2009)

Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility business announced that it has successfully completed and passed the time-division duplex long-term evolution (TD-LTE) key functionalities test initiated by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The testing measures high-bandwidth network capacity and a number of key TD-LTE features, demonstrating another milestone of collaborative industry efforts on TD-LTE commercialization. This significant advancement also reaffirms Motorola's commitment to deliver next-generation networks to meet the future needs of TDD spectrum operators in China and around the world.

Motorola's key trial achievements include:
-- High performance in system equipment platforms such as reaching a peak throughput in excess of 100 megabits per second (Mbps)
-- Successful demonstration of key TD-LTE features including hand-over, multi-antenna, quality of service (QoS), power control and more
-- Adoption of third-party user equipment (UE) test to guarantee standard compliance

Motorola is now ready to begin multi-site/multi-UE testing through the TD-LTE field trials.