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- Summary: GENERAL: TEL: Telecom announces 4G customer trial
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TEL 14/05/2012 08:30 GENERAL REL: 0830 HRS Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited GENERAL: TEL: Telecom announces 4G customer trial MEDIA RELEASE 14 May, 2012 Telecom announces 4G customer trial Telecom announced today that it will be conducting live customer trials of Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile technology later this year in preparation for the evolution of its XT network to 4G. Telecom CEO, Paul Reynolds, said Telecom is committed to remaining at the forefront of mobile technology, evolving its world-class, all 3G, XT network to deliver the best mobile experience to customers. "Future network investment will be based on maintaining our network leadership position with a particular focus on accommodating the explosive growth in mobile data and continued rise of smartdevices. "We will progressively adopt 4G network capability, starting with a customer trial later this year using LTE technology. The Ministry of Economic Development is yet to announce its detailed plans for the auction of 700mhz spectrum, which will be important for widespread, cost effective, 4G deployment. But Telecom nevertheless intends to continue on and build real-world experience of 4G operations through this trial. "To that end, we are currently conducting a technology selection process, with the aim to have the trial service operational with selected business and consumer customers before the end of 2012. "4G will deliver an even faster mobile data experience for customers and underpin the performance of more and more advanced smartdevices and the applications and services they run. "It opens up opportunities for our business customers to harness 4G's capabilities to deliver new applications in areas such as cloud computing, mobility, video and collaboration tools. "Telecom customers can be confident of having access to the best mobile services today and in the future," Dr Reynolds said. - ends - For more information: Stephanie Fergusson PR and Media Advisor, Telecom New Zealand 0272822267 Carmela Salisbury PR and Media Manager, Gen-i 0274895224 Stefan Knight Head of Investor Relations 0272529438 End CA:00222795 For:TEL Type:GENERAL Time:2012-05-14 08:30:09
Ann: GENERAL: TEL: Telecom announces 4G customer
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