Telecom Magazine reports Hong Kong’s largest mobile carrier, CSL New World Mobility (CSL) is to replace its existing 2G/3G network using ZTE-designed Software Defined Radio (SDR) base stations offering HSPA+ capability and a migration path to next generation Long Term Evolution (LTE).
At a joint conference in Barcelona, GSMA Mobile World Congress, last week, Tarek Robbiati, CEO of CSL touched on trials with ZTE for its SDR technology which demonstrated that 21 Mbps was viable. “SDR allows you to maximise return of investment as it allows you to re-use many network components as possible,” he said.
ZTE’s CEO Yin Yimin held out the prospect of savings for mobile operators of 20-30 percent in capital expenditure and up to 40 percent in operations expenditure using the SDR solution.
