Nokia Siemens Networks has shipped its LTE-compatible Flexi base station hardware to over 80 operators since the third quarter of 2008.
Photo courtesy of Nokia Siemens Networks.

Nokia Siemens Networks recently made the world’s first next-generation LTE call using a commercial base station and fully standard-compliant software. The call was made at the company’s R&D Centre in Ulm in Germany via Flexi Multiradio base stations running software compliant with the 3GPP Rel.8 (March 2009 baseline) LTE standard.

Nokia Siemens Networks was the first company to demonstrate LTE technology with data speeds in the 160Mb/s range, together with a successful handover between LTE and HSPA, back in 2006. Launched in February 2008, Nokia Siemens Networks’ LTE-capable Flexi base station has already been shipped to more than 80 customers around the world, well ahead of the competition.

Nokia Siemens Networks is also one of the key contributors for standardisation of both LTE modes in 3GPP and one of the driving forces in the LTE/SAE trial initiative (LSTI).

The first deployments for LTE services are expected at the end of 2009, with volume rollouts of commercial networks in early 2010. Uptake of the technology will be made easier thanks to Nokia Siemens Networks’ simple software upgrade for existing hardware.

For more about Nokia Siemens Networks, see www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com.

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