… to help Vinaphone reallocate GSM-designated spectrum to provide UMTS services
Vietnamese operator, Vinaphone, has awarded ZTE Corporation exclusive contract for radio spectrum refarming aimed at optimising the operator’s services and facilitate future network planning.
ZTE a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, announced that the company was awarded the exclusive contract by Vinaphone, which covers ithe middle area of Vietnam.
By the contract terms, ZTE is to develop solutions for Vinaphone to re-allocate spectrum resources in the 900MHz frequency band, as well as help Vinaphone expand network capacity in the 2100MHz frequency band. Vinaphone will be using ZTE’s advanced distributed SDR base stations, unified MicroTCA platform, as well as new RRUs, and unified hardware platform and network management system.
Going further, as part of the contract, ZTE will help Vinaphone, the third-largest operator with more than 26% market share; reallocate some of its GSM-designated spectrum to provide UMTS services.
ZTE’s solutions allow for fast installation, with the additional advantage of simplifying network maintenance. The project is expected to complete in 2016, involving networks that cover around a third of Vietnam’s area and about 20 million users.