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KPN goes to ZTE for E-Plus expansion
21 February 2013
ZTE to ‘take a more substantial role’ in LTE expansion of KPN’s German operation E-plus
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E-Plus, the German mobile business owned by Netherlands incumbent KPN, has extended its relationship with ZTE for the expansion of its 4G network.
The companies say that ZTE will deploy the first phase of E-Plus’s LTE network, including base stations and evolved packet core. ZTE has already supplied E-Plus with 3G kit and core network and has taken part in the KPN unit’s LTE trials in Germany.
E-Plus’s CTO, Andreas Pfisterer, said: “This year E-Plus will launch a demand-driven LTE expansion under the motto ‘Smart LTE’. This will continue our user-oriented and economically targeted network expansion strategy.”
ZTE said it will become the primary partner to deploy the LTE network for E-Plus by using the existing HSPA+ grid for LTE on 1800 megahertz. E-Plus network customers can benefit from the performance and capacity of the 3G network, with speeds of up to 21 megabits, or of the even higher LTE data rates, if required.
Li Jun, ZTE general manager for the Netherlands, said: “This collaboration has a strategic role for both E-Plus and ZTE in Europe — and also with respect to the market position of both companies.”