Indonesia’s Telkomsel has selected ZTE for its LTE trial. According to the agreement, ZTE has been providing LTE solutions to roll out Telkomsel’s LTE trial network since August 2010. ZTE is a leading supplier for Telkomsel’s UMTS networks: with its advanced Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology already in place, the upgrade to LTE will be seamless, affording significant construction cost savings. Telkomsel has more than 92 million customers in Indonesia and holds more than 50% market share.

ZTE Corporation (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has signed an LTE trial agreement with PT. Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel), Indonesia's largest mobile operator. According to the agreement, ZTE has started to provide LTE solutions to roll out Telkomsel’s LTE trial network since August 2010.
Telkomsel is a company with major shares owned by PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk. (Telkom), Indonesia's largest telecommunication operator. Based on data, up until today Telkomsel has more than 92 million mobile users in Indonesia, holding more than 50% of market share. Today, with the explosion of user data growth, network maintenance costs have also increased exponentially.
As the leading supplier for Telkomsel’s UMTS networks, ZTE’s advanced Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology will seamlessly upgrade the 2G/3G service to LTE, and will greatly reduce the network construction cost for Telkomsel.

"As the largest mobile operator in Indonesia, Telkomsel is committed to providing state-of-the-art connectivity services for our subscribers. ZTE excels in the LTE technology with their delivery capability and innovations, high quality solutions and services. We are very pleased to have ZTE as our partner in building LTE networks for our subscribers," said Ricardo Indra, GM Corporate Communication of Telkomsel.
“Indonesia is one of the emerging markets with the fastest growth of mobile users in Asia. Therefore, leading operators like Telkomsel are keen to capitalize on the rapidly increased demand for advanced data services. Our innovative and customized LTE solutions can help Telkomsel and other operators to build a comprehensive LTE network and will help promote the commercialization of LTE in Indonesia,” said Li Jian, General Manager of CDMA & LTE Product Line,ZTE Corporation.

As the provider of end-to-end integrated solutions in the global telecommunication industry, ZTE provides innovative, customized products and services for customers worldwide. In recent years, ZTE has been increasing its investment in LTE field andcurrently it has 4,000 LTE R&D employees.

Recently, ZTE announced a contract with Telenor Hungary, a subsidiary of one of the world's largest telecommunications operators, Telenor Group, to build a GSM/UMTS/LTE network in Hungary. ZTE has to date rolled-out seven LTE commercial networks and over 50 LTE trials distributed in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia Pacific areas. ZTE collaborates with Telkomsel to deploy LTE trial network in Indonesia.