Telecom equipment vendor Ericsson on Monday said it is driving the 4G LTE network of Slovak Telekom in five cities in Slovakia.
The mobile service provider will launch 4G LTE services in more locations soon, said Ericsson in a statement.
Ericsson is supplying multi-standard RBS 6000 base station to Slovak Telekom’s a 4G LTE network which is already the largest in Slovakia, giving Slovak Telekom a competitive edge in 4G.
The network operates at 1800MHz and offers a maximum theoretical speed of 73Mbps download and 23Mbps upload. Circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) ensures that voice calls and text messages are delivered to LTE devices through the use of a 2G/3G circuit-switched network.
Miroslav Majoros, CEO at Slovak Telekom, said: “Following the launch in five cities we plan to cover 20 percent population of Slovakia in first three months and more locations will follow in 2014.”
Ericsson is Slovak Telekom’s sole supplier of 2G and 3G radio, as well as circuit core hardware and software, including IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem). With the Ericsson IMS Slovak Telekom will evolve its current voice business to support VoLTE in the future. This will enable HD voice, video calling over LTE and other new flexible communication services. Ericsson is also providing managed services for Slovak Telekom’s fixed network operations.
