Wednesday, 24 July 2013

TM: Telekom Malaysia invites LTE tenders - report

Thursday 4 July 2013 | 01:35 CET | News

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Telekom Malaysia (TM) has called for tenders from equipment vendors for an LTE rollout. The company has invited a number of LTE equipment suppliers, including Huawei, Ericsson, Samsung, and Alcatel-Lucent, to submit a tender for a turnkey LTE network, the Business Times reports citing unnamed sources. The request for proposal expects commercial services to be rolled out by February next year and also stipulates that Telekom Malaysia will use the 800 MHz band for its LTE service. The company aims to have up to 100,000 LTE subscribers by 2014 and more than 1 million by 2017. Telekom Malaysia told the paper that the company is exploring the expansion of its wireless broadband services in underserved areas.

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