China Mobile chooses Alcatel-Lucent's all-IP Evolved Packet Core portfolio

China Mobile has selected Alcatel-Lucent's all-IP Evolved Packet Core portfolio to support the nationwide rollout of its 4G LTE network.

The Alcatel-Lucent Evolved Packet Core (EPC) is a high-capacity IP solution that sits at the heart of a mobile network. Consisting of the three platforms a data, -mobility and policy-it provides an essential link between the end user and the scope of mobile communications.

"China Mobile has awarded Alcatel-Lucent 24 per cent of its overall EPC network, making Alcatel-Lucent the primary EPC supplier for the entire 4G LTE network. In September 2013, China Mobile selected Alcatel-Lucent to deploy 11% of their new LTE network, consisting of more than 200,000 TD-LTE base stations, by the end of 2013,” the company mentioned in a statement.

"China is now the world's largest market for mobile data services and smartphones, increasing at a rate of more than 50 per cent each year,” the company claaimed.

"Deploying the Alcatel-Lucent Evolved Packet Core will enable CMCC to offer LTE customers blazingly fast speeds and impressive quality, while driving down the cost of sending information across the network," said Michel Combes, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent.

In addition, China Mobile (CMCC) has more than 750 mn subscribers, which accounts for more than 60 per cent of the total mobile subscriptions in the country. CMCC is deploying TD-LTE to help meet the ever-increasing demand for mobile Internet, video and data in the world's largest smartphone market.