OPTUS COLLECTS GLOBAL AWARD FOR 4G TDD DEVELOPMENT FROM GTI

Optus recognised for 4G network and spectrum innovation.

Optus is a recipient of the 2015 GTI “Market Development” Award for outstanding contribution to 4G TDD technology and in particular, 4G TDD-FDD convergence.  The award was announced at the GTI Night, held in conjunction with Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) is a global industry organisation created to promote and develop 4G TD-LTE technology.  The GTI Awards acknowledge the achievements and success of industry players in the TD-LTE ecosystem across a wide range of market segments.

Soo Meng Tay, Group Chief Technology Officer, Singtel-Optus accepted the award.

“Since 2012, Optus has worked tirelessly with the GTI, network equipment vendors and device manufacturers to help build and develop the 4G TD-LTE environment,” said Mr Tay.

“Over the past year Optus has developed the 4G network even further, greatly improving the network’s capability and customer experience, and making TDD-FDD convergence a reality.  We are proud to be recognised for those efforts by the GTI and I thank the Optus team, our vendors and device manufacturer partners for their efforts.”

In August 2015, Optus achieved a world first with the commercial launch of 4G Carrier Aggregation with 2xTDD channels + 1x FDD channel with a commercial handset.

The combination of three channels between TDD and FDD was an innovative way for Optus to leverage its spectrum assets and deliver peak download speeds of over 300Mbps in a live, commercial network.

“This world first commercial launch of TDD+FDD carrier aggregation was particularly rewarding as it removed the final technology barrier to true TDD+FDD convergence,” said Mr Tay.

Optus has worked with a range of vendors and device partners including Qualcomm, Huawei, Hisilicon, and Nokia to ensure the required 4G TDD capability is included in vendor roadmaps not just for Optus’ benefit but the benefit of the global TDD community.

“We worked with Samsung to achieve the world’s first commercial launch of TDD+FDD carrier aggregation in August 2015.  Samsung in fact used the Optus network as their test-bed to confirm the functionality of their new Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note 5 devices,” said Mr Tay.

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