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TD LTE to revolutionize wireless broadband

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NEW DELHI, INDIA: With numerous benefits of TD LTE, the industry is graping with deployment challenges while early availability of devices has become another area of concern.

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During the second international LTE conference held in New Delhi today, the industry said that it has become imperative to deploy this this technology to set standards.

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Speaking at the event, J Gopal, Advisor (Technology), DoT said that they are looking forward for this technology to bridge digital divide and facilitate economic growth. With various consumer-centric advantages, TD LTE is becoming an important tool for every operator today while some of them have already begun trials.

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"Eventually we see migration from WiMax to TD LTE and significantly there is a global initiative to promote it. India and China are the leading contenders of this technology, which is mature now," said Sujit Bakre, head, 4G business development and product management (APAC), Nokia Siemens Networks.

Large investments have already been done on 2G/3G and now we should leverage voice onto TD LTE, he added.

Bakre reiterated that they bagged two commercial deals in Middle-East and Latin America but however couldn't name the operators.

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Puneet Garg, VP, Networks, Bharti Airtel said that TD LTE is a next step towards broadband wireless and is the fastest BWA technology and has become a realty now.

"It will make high speed wireless broadband affordable to urban and rural consumers. This technology facilitate low TCO", he added.

Bharti Airtel is doing trial in Chandigarh.

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Garg said that the deployment of TD LTE at right time as well as availability of devices will be a challenge, and it is coming out with a lot of hope.

Rajan S Mathews, director general, Cellular Operators Association of India said that broadband is the single big imperative for the country. "As we are poised to be the largest economy by 2050, therefore we couldn't afford to miss the broadband bus," he said.

Mathews said that the government is aggressively implementing the national policy on broadband and TD LTE is a great opportunity for the country to get into building standards.

Kunal Bajaj, MD, Analysys Mason India believes that it is a golden opportunity for India. "Large scale trials for TD LTE already started and deployment is expected by 2012. He informed that Bharti Airtel, Reliance and Aircel as well as China Mobile is also looking at similar timeliness.

Bajaj feels that impediments like device ecosystem, user experience and voice over LTE needs to be addressed for large scale adoption.

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