UK: O2 saw 150-Mbps peak downlink speeds using Huawei-supplied equipment
Posted by: Phat^Trance in Operator News, Press releases
O2 UK on Tuesday announced it has successfully carried out a live 3G Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial, using equipment supplied by China’s Huawei. During the trial at its U.K. headquarters in Slough, the mobile operator recorded a peak downlink speed of 150 Mbps.
“We are pleased to collaborate with Huawei on this LTE trial, which will allow us to better understand this emerging technology and prepare us in offering our customers next-generation mobile broadband services in future,” said Derek McManus, CTO of O2 UK, in a statement. The Chinese equipment vendor became the first of O2 parent company Telefonica’s suppliers to implement a live LTE trial.
O2 UK said it recently showcased a number of services that it expects will make use of LTE networks in future, including high definition video streaming, mobile gaming, high-speed file transfer and video conferencing. However, the industry will now be able to observe real-life usage after Sweden’s TeliaSonera on Monday launched commercial LTE services in Stockholm and the Norwegian capital Oslo.
