China Mobile and Clearwire signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding...
China Mobile and Clearwire signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU), laying the foundation for international roaming between China and the U.S. using TD-LTE. “Under the MOU, China Mobile International Limited and Clearwire plan to collaborate on business and technical…
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aspects of their respective operations to define and institute the process necessary to support international roaming and to ensure the operators’ systems and devices are able to support roaming,” the companies said in a news release. “The companies also expect this agreement to serve as a blueprint for future roaming agreements with other members of the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) of which China Mobile and Clearwire are founding members.” The two “recently demonstrated the roaming capability between Hong Kong FDD LTE and Hang Zhou TD-LTE,” said Tiger Lin, chairman of China Mobile International. “With the commercial launches of TD-LTE networks in major markets, these networks shall enable international roaming to create a ubiquitous user experience and a unified market,” said Lin. “Our goal is to make a converged LTE TDD/FDD market in which our subscribers roam between a TD-LTE network and a LTE FDD network at affordable cost and enjoy the benefit of LTE service globally."