Mr. Shri J.K. Roy of the Ministry of Communications & IT, speaking at the LTE India conference last week (New Delhi), told delegates and analysts that LTE is set to get the infrastructure that it needs.

He stressed the commitment of the Indian government on providing the necessary optical fibre back haul to carry the LTE load, thus ensuring that the rise of broadband usage can transform the socio-economical fabric of the country. In his Keynote speech, he also stressed the importance of LTE in rural areas, which is set to fill the gaps of broadband connectivity.

Testing Event 1st - 12th October, 2012

3GPP Partners - ETSI and the GSMA - have joined forces with the MultiService Forum (MSF) to host a major Rich Communication Suite (RCS) and VoLTE Interoperability Event, co-hosted by operators in Europe and China.

These tests will validate core network interfaces for multi-vendor VoLTE and RCS equipment, using GSMA permanent reference documents (PRDs) and MultiService Forum/ETSI Testing Scenarios for the deployment of LTE technologies.