Motorola’s handsets unit may be suffering heavily these days, but their infrastructure business is a different story. On that note, the American company announced that they will help KDDI develop and implement LTE network, including RAN/base stations.
The Japanese carrier will deploy its LTE network in both 1.5GHz and 800MHz bands, and plans to offer commercial LTE services by December 2012, following a series of trials scheduled to begin in mid 2010.
Commenting on the news, Motorola Wireless Networks’ Bruce Brda said: “We are honored to be selected by our long-time customer KDDI to team with them in developing an innovative solution for their networking needs. Motorola is committed to bringing LTE to the market and delivering flexible solutions that help customers like KDDI accelerate the delivery of next-generation wireless access services in the most cost-effective manner possible.”
For the record, KDDI and Motorola have been building networks together in Japan for 20 years, and have introduced Japan’s first CDMA network “back in the days”…