Huawei leads in LTE standards

Huawei has announced that it has been the largest contributor to LTE standards and patents in the industry since the year 2010. According to the company, it has submitted more than 7,900 LTE/EPC (Evolved Packet Core) contributions to 3GPP (3G Partnership Project) as of October 2011, including more than 230 approved contributions of LTE core specification.

The Chinese company has partnered with international wireless organizations to propel technology development and the improvement of standards in the industry, including 3GPP, APT(Asia-Pacific Telecommunity), ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses), ETSI (European Telecommunication Standards Institute), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), ITU (International Telecommunication Union), TIA (Telecommunication Industry Association) and WWRF (Wireless World Research Forum). The company holds 83 positions within these organizations.

''We have established more than 20 joint innovation centers with global leading operators and now lead the strong development of the LTE industry by transforming advanced technologies into customers' competitiveness and success in business,'' said Ying Weimin, president of GSM/UMTS/LTE network, Huawei during the announcement.

According to the latest evolution to LTE report released on October 12, 2011, by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), out of the 35 commercial LTE networks launched globally, 18 of them use Huawei's end-to-end SingleRAN LTE solution, said the company.