Subscribers can thus enjoy the same level of mobile broadband Nokia Siemens Networks on Wednesday unveiled a Liquid Radio-based ‘6 pipes’ remote radio head that uses the company’s unique pipe approach to offer unprecedented flexibility in delivering TD-LTE. “Our new, high-capacity 6 pipes remote radio head is a great addition to our TD-LTE RAN (Radio Access Network) portfolio and promises to take the TD-LTE experience to the next level,” said Tommi Uitto, head of the LTE radio access business line at Nokia Siemens Networks.

By covering three sectors with a single radio head, operators can reduce site costs by up to one-third. It is the first remote radio head that can support a 6-sector TD-LTE site to deliver 80% more capacity and 40% more coverage as compared to traditional 3-sector sites. This enables higher data speeds, and reduces total cost of ownership by 40%. The offering is 3GPP standardized and is now commercially available globally.