Nokia Siemens gets China win

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) won a contract from China Mobile to deploy its IMS Core platform, hiQ MMTel application server and Session Border Controller (SBC) to help support converged communications offerings, according to TeleGeography CommsUpdate.

NSN will install its IMS core platform and multimedia voice applications for business customers in Beijing, Yunnan, Jiangxi, Xinjiang, Hunan and Fujian. Future phases include an expansion of the IMS core network and the addition of non-voice multimedia applications such as video sharing.

In the meantime, the vendor completed trials of TD-LTE technology at China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) test lab in Beijing. The trials in the 2.3GHz band were carried out in partnership with Samsung and met the Ministry’s full specifications for TD-LTE.

As part of the tests, NSN carried out its first high-definition TD-LTE video call, including handover with a Samsung TD-LTE USB dongle.

NSN says the tests and the video call mark a definitive step toward ensuring early availability of a functioning TD-LTE ecosystem for commercial deployments.