Telecom Lead Europe: Spanish cable operator R — in association with Alcatel-Lucent — has conducted 4G trial.
Licensed for 4G / LTE spectrum at 2.6GHz with 10Mhz bandwidth in 2011, R is looking at offering entertainment and communication services such as on demand video, catch up TV and nomadic internet connectivity.
Alcatel-Lucent is working with R to test the suitability of LTE in urban and semi-rural areas, for providing services such as business VPN and Internet access, residential fixed wireless access and wholesale connectivity services such as backhaul to mobile network operators.
As per the trial, R offered LTE coverage in three areas of Galicia with FDD and TDD macro cells.
Alcatel-Lucent says end user field testing has achieved a solid 50Mbps download speeds as well as a consistent experience for nomadic and mobile users.
Arturo Dopico, CEO, R, said: “The trial with Alcatel-Lucent shows how LTE can be used along with other technologies to usher in a full array of services to homes and public spaces like hotels and conference or shopping centers – from TV everywhere to high-speed Internet and new entertainment and communications services.”
R, the Galician fiber optic telecom operator, has been deploying its own network in Galicia for more than a decade, offering businesses and homes advanced communications services including telephone, high speed Internet, multi-channel interactive digital television services.
R is present in 90 Galician council areas where it has more than 305,000 customers, and has invested 900 million Euros so far in this project for Galicia.
