SEOUL, KOREA - Samsung Electronics has entered the U.S. market for time-division long-term evolution (TD-LTE) equipment, jointly with France's Alcatel-Lucent and Finland's Nokia Solutions and Networks.

 

According to industry sources on October 31, the Korean company was selected as a contractor to build a 2.5-GHz network for Sprint Corp. and will supply TD-LTE equipment from December.

 

The three telecom equipment makers will be responsible for supplying one third of the volume each. Sprint is a No. 3 mobile telecom service provider in the United States with nationwide networks and 50 million subscribers.

 

With the latest contract, Samsung will be able to supply its telecom gear to the LTE market of the United States following similar deals with Telefonica of Spain in February this year, Hutchison 3G of Ireland in April, and Mobile TeleSystems of Russia in September. The TD-LTE technology has been pioneered in countries like China, Australia, and India. Sprint is the first company in the U.S. that adopted the technology.