LTE business and technical impact
Select frequency band and bandwidth to operate
Plan and perform LTE trial selecting 3-5 RAT vendors
Perform LTE trial selecting 2-3 Evolved Packet Core vendors
Address the backhaul operation and maintenance focusing on high capacity transport rings and dependability
Strongly recommended multi-vendor interfaces
Select low power consuming handhelds and high performance non-handheld User equipments
Technical trial timeline
3-4 weeks trial per vendor
4 weeks post-processing, evaluation and selection of vendors
24 weeks installation and rollout