Japan embraces long-term future for the mobile broadband. A message received here on Monday (October 27) said that the NTT DOCOMO has selected Fujitsu to provide Nokia Siemens Networks' Core Technology for its Super 3G / Long Term Evolution Core Network.
It pointed out that the Fujitsu and Nokia Siemens Networks have agreed to cooperate on jointly developing the Service Architecture Evolution (SAE) Gateway, including the Serving Gateway and the PDN Gateway, for the Super 3G project's Long Term Evolution (LTE) core.
The selection of SAE Gateway vendors means NTT DOCOMO is well on track to be among the world's first operators to introduce the groundbreaking LTE technology that promises a wireless online experience comparable to today's fixed broadband, it was further explained.
Nokia Siemens Networks, it was added, is a global leader in telecommunications with 600 operators-customers world-wide and with core network solutions that support over 1 billion subscribers, and was the first to introduce `flat architecture' through Internet HSPA and Direct Tunnel, key evolutionary steps towards LTE.
LTE is the next-generation system for mobile networks that enables faster and smoother delivery of new multimedia and rich call applications. Nokia Siemens Networks offers a full end-to-end LTE networks solution, including radio, core, business support systems, network management and integration services, it was pointed out.
"We are very pleased to be working with Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo to advance the progress of LTE," said Juergen Walter, Head of Converged Core, Nokia Siemens Networks. 'It is a testament to the quality of our LTE solution and our commitment to the Japanese market', he added.