Huawei in partnership with Qualcomm Technologies will demonstrate a Scalable UMTS solution at the 2013 Mobile World Congress to show that the solution efficiently enhances spectrum utilization by providing UMTS services with a half bandwidth channel.
Scalable UMTS helps operators realize the benefits of efficient spectrum re-farming, allowing them to maximize their return on network investments. Scalable UMTS with half bandwidth UMTS can enable easier and more flexible GSM/UMTS 900 re-farming.Â
Huawei and Qualcomm have completed end-to-end testing of a Scalable UMTS prototype in November 2012 at Huawei’s Shanghai laboratory facilities which showed that Scalable UMTS in a half-bandwidth channel provides the same spectral efficiency as normal UMTS.
Ying Weimin, Huawei President for GSM/UMTS/LTE Wireless Networks said, “We are honored to have achieved this key milestone in partnership with Qualcomm. The industry chain supporting the delivery of Scalable UMTS is becoming more and more mature, making it possible for such innovations to catch up with our customers’ demands. We expect a large-scale commercialization of Scalable UMTS to be achieved in the near future.”
Samir Soliman, Vice President of Technology at Qualcomm Research, Qualcomm Technologies’ R&D division said, “We are working with Huawei to drive the UMTS/HSPA evolution and commercial deployment of Scalable UMTS.As part of Qualcomm’s 1000x initiative to address the wireless industry’s unprecedented data demand, Scalable UMTS was designed to help operators maximize the data capacity and value of their existing spectrum. In emerging regions of the world, Scalable UMTS can accelerate GSM re-farming, whereas in developed regions, the technology enables efficient utilization of spectrum resources.”
