Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced that it has been selected by Portuguese mobile operator Optimus to provide UMTS/LTE multi-frequency antennas for its LTE commercial network. The commercialisation of Huawei’s antennas in Portugal extends the current mobile network portfolio and will boost the overall prosperity of the European LTE market.

The coexistence of multi-format and multi-band technologies supporting GSM/UMTS/LTE networks has created great challenges for antenna deployment. With limited site space available, operators must choose multi-band antennas, which also provide efficient deployment and maintenance costs while meeting the technical requirements of the network rollout.

Using Huawei’s multi-band (1800MHz/2100MHz/2600MHz) antennas, Optimus added LTE operation while maintaining the number of antennas, minimising rental and infrastructure costs and retaining minimal visual impact. Tests on existing networks showed that Huawei’s antennas not only save on deployment and maintenance costs but also effectively improve the system throughput, capacity and overall network performance.

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.