The Telecoms.com LTE Awards 2013 - Category Two Preview - Best LTE Backhaul Solution

With a total of ten global and regional events taking place in 2013 Informa Telecoms & Media’s LTE World Series is a testament to the huge growth of the LTE eco-system. The LTE Awards 2013, collocated with the LTE World Summit, are taking place on the 25 June, at the exclusive, elegant De Duif in Amsterdam. At the event, the very best LTE innovations of the year will be recognised and celebrated with a glamorous gala dinner, and the category winners will be set to gain global recognition in the industry for their achievements.

This year there are a total of 65 nominations across 12 categories ensuring the awards will be hotly contested and judging difficult for the 10 judges from across the operator community.

The categories in full are:

The nominations for Category Two – Best LTE Backhaul Solution, which is judged on how it contributes to making LTE more attractive for carriers to deploy, are:

Alcatel-Lucent have a strong track record in the industry, having helped over 225 MNOs around the globe including major players such as Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Indosat and NTT-DoCoMo. Its Mobile Backhaul Solution is specifically designed to simplify the planning, provisioning and management of delivering backhaul and reducing the TCO of backhaul operations. Despite its long history, Heidi Adams, senior director of product marketing in the Core Networks Division, says that the nomination is still extremely important to Alcatel-Lucent. “This award nomination provides positive industry recognition for the role Alcatel-Lucent has played in helping North America’s top MNOs to quickly deploy LTE backhaul [and] serves as an endorsement of our advanced LTE backhaul solutions to operators outside of North America who are currently in the process of planning for LTE.”

XU Ming, vice president of ZTE says that its ZXCTN 6500 represents ZTE long term experience and powerful research capability in LTE research. He says the 6500’s innovations such as 300mm depth, large capacity and L2/L3 bridging will significantly improve LTE service transport efficiency. “This nomination is a great endorsement for the achievement of ZTE in the LTE backhauling area, and will significantly improve the international awareness of the ZXCTN 6500 product,” he said. “ZTE appreciates this chance to share our technical achievement and LTE experience with other operators and vendors.”

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