ChinaMobileIsUsingtheR&SCMW500WidebandRadiocommunicationsTesterFromRohde&SchwarzforTD-LTETesting;TheTD-

LTECooperationWiththeChineseMobileRadioNetworkOperatorIstoContinueonaLong-TermBasis.

MUNICH,GERMANY--(Marketwire-January11,2012)Meantimewire-ChinaMobileusestheR&SCMW500initsResearchInstitutelabstoperformRFtestsonuserequipmentfortimedivisionLTE(TD-LTE).ChinaMobileplaysaleadingroleinTD-LTE.ThisChinese4GmobileradiostandardsucceedsTD-SCDMA,theChinese3Gstandard.ChristianLeicher,PresidentandCOOofRohde&Schwarz,isgladtobeassistingChinaMobilewithtestandmeasurementequipment:"Th

eChinesemarketisveryimportantforRohde&Schwarz.WeareproudtodriveTD-LTEtogetherwithChinaMobile,andexpectthecooperationtobehighlybeneficialforbothparties."

TheR&SCMW500fromRohde&Schwarz,aleadingmanufacturerofLTEtestandmeasurementequipment,isareliable,extremelyfastan

dhighlyflexiblewidebandradiocommunicationstesterthatsupportsallcommonwirelesscommunicationsstandardsinasinglebox.Itisth

eidealsolutionforallphasesinthedevelopmentandproductionofchipsetsandmobilewirelessdevicesaswellasforlabtestsbynetworko

perators.

TheChinaMobileResearchInstituteperformsmeasurementsbothinthelabandunderreal-worldconditions.Sincethebeginningof2011,ithasalreadyimplementedTD-LTEtestnetworksinsixmajorcities:Shanghai,Hangzhou,Nanjing,Guangzhou,ShenzhenandXiamen.Commercialoperationisschedul

edtostartin2012.

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