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Philippines : GLOBE TELECOM to expand LTE services in VISAYAS and MINDANAO [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Globe Telecom, a telecom service provider has begun expanding its LTE services on both TDD and FDD networks in Visayas and Mindanao. Globe Telecom plan is to expand its mobile broadband infrastructure in central and southern provinces of the Philippines. Alcatel Lucent, a telecom network vendor is supporting Globe Telecom to upgrade network to LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD broadband access technologies from WiMax. The LTE technology offers higher bandwidth and thus increases the speed of data transfer, provides lower latency and improves spectrum efficiency, which increases overall network capacity, said Globe President & CEO Ernest Cu. Globe Telecom will install Alcatel-Lucent s LTE Radio Access Network (RAN) in around 1,200 locations, together with a converged network management and network security system. This project highlights how our LTE-TDD technology is expanding and the strong momentum of mobile ultra-broadband access in the Asia-Pacific region, said Michel Combes, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent. (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |