SHENZEN: PT Telekomunikasi Seluler is ready to implement long term evolution or known as 4G by allocating research and development fund as much as 20% of the companys capital expenditure in 2011.The subsidiary of PT Telkom Tbk has done a trial in several cities while waiting for supporting regulation in the frequency use for new services.Director of Planning and Development of Telkomsel Herfini Haryono said the company is ready to be the first provider which implementing this long term evolution (LTE) service in Indonesia.We see this service as an answer to fulfill customerss need on stable and fast data access service, he said in Telkomsel Media Education 2011 in China, last week.To implement this service, the company has tied up four LTE vendors, including Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks and ZTE which will be tested in Pelabuhan Ratu, Bandung, Jakarta and Bali.LTE is a new technology which supporting 4G and offering a lot of benefits, compared to the previous generations, such as GSM, EDGE, WCDMA, and HSPA.Glorious LTEIn Shanghai, Vice President of Product Line Huawei Hao Guang Ming predicted the LTE-based cellular service will be bullish in 2012 following the serious effort of cellular operators in implementing this service.The prediction is enhanced with the review from Informa institution which saying that 35% global cellular operators will realize this technology. However, the implemntaion depends on the preparation from the operators.According to Hao, in the development of LTE, the company has secured contracts from 40 operators in April this year.Of 40 contracts, there are cellular operators from German, Latvia, Austria, Uzbekistan, Norway, Sweden and Poland. (t03/msw)

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