18.10.2012 -
COTA, a new player in Spanish telecoms, in conjunction with
Wimax Online has successfully completed the first LTE pilot in the
region of Murcia, Spain, based on Athonet's PriMo LTE Mobile Core
Network solution and TD-LTE radio access by Nokia Siemens Networks.
The two companies are to launch commercial broadband internet
access services to customers by early fall of this year.
Athonet's PriMo solution enables a regional operator to light
up one of Europe's first TD-LTE networks.
COTA, in collaboration with Wimax Online, is one of the best
examples of a local operator who is first to the LTE market with a
flexible and efficient business model. COTA acquired 10 MHz in the
2.6 GHz band auction in the summer of 2011 and immediately began to
plan its field activities, while WIMAX Online will benefit from the
wholesale LTE access provided by COTA. They will provide DSL-like
services in the Murcia region where access to Internet connections
and VoIP, for example, is presently not possible. COTA also plans
to provide television services through an IP-TV-platform in the
future.
The end-to-end TD-LTE winning solution is based on the
innovative cost-efficient complete LTE mobile core network solution
provided by Athonet and best in class Nokia Siemens Networks
Flexi-BTS technology together with TD-LTE CPEs.
Karim El Malki, Athonet's CEO, stated "Our PriMo solution
demonstrated once more that our customers can be first to the LTE
market with a quick-to-deploy user-friendly system that provides
high performance, high capacity and high reliability in a
cost-efficient way. We're pleased to work with forward-thinking
operators like COTA and Wimax Online who are using LTE to extend
high quality cost-efficient IP services to consumers and
businesses".
About Athonet
Athonet provides a compact, distributed, high performance,
transportable Lite Mobile Core Network for UMTS/HSPA, LTE, WiFi and
CDMA named PriMo. Its IT-friendly software implementation, unique
user control features and simplified management make it the right
choice for regional or rural operators but also for small cells
(e.g. city hotspots), large enterprises, hospitals, campuses,
public safety, oil&gas and smartgrids.
http://www.athonet.com
About Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is the world's specialist in mobile
broadband. From the first ever call on GSM, to the first call on
LTE, we operate at the forefront of each generation of mobile
technology. Our global experts invent the new capabilities our
customers need in their networks. We provide the world's most
efficient mobile networks, the intelligence to maximize the value
of those networks, and the services to make it all work
seamlessly.
http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
About COTA
With headquarters in Espoo, Finland, we operate in over 150
countries and had net sales of over 14 billion euros in
2011.
COTA is the leading audio-visual telecom operator in the Spanish
southeastern region of Murcia, providing IP-transport and
broadcasting of Digital TV as well as FM radio services both to
public and private broadcasters. COTA also provides IP-transport
services to enterprises and telecom operators and is starting its
deployment of an TD-LTE network on the licensed 2,6 GHz band to
serve the residential market with voice, internet and IP-TV
services in the region of Murcia in those areas beyond reach of the
more traditional operators.
http://www.redcota.net
About WIMAX Online
WIMAX Online is a leading regional WISP serving customers mostly
located in rural and remote areas in the region of Murcia providing
telephony and Internet access. WIMAX will now benefit from the
increased coverage and throughput capacity under the wholesale LTE
access services provided by COTA.
http://www.wimaxonline.es
Media Enquiries
Stefano Cocco
Phone : + 39 335 8103036
stefano.cocco@athonet.com