TECHNOLOGY
and we ’ re assessing them one by one . ”
This in itself would be a major task for this year but it ’ s just the customer facing part . In common with what we have seen at Telefónica in other markets , the technology vendor base in Germany is being streamlined . “ From our current vendors in the mobile space ,” he reveals , “ only Huawei and Nokia will remain . A similar process is happening where the EPC ( evolved packet core , also known as the SAE core ) is concerned , and from two vendors we will go down to a single supplier , in this case Huawei , as the packet core vendor .”
Growing Telefónica Deutschland ’ s LTE coverage is vital to keeping the company ahead in this highly competitive market , thus a key task for the technical teams . “ My competition here in Germany has a bigger LTE coverage than
“ My competition here in Germany has a bigger LTE coverage than Telefónica Deutschland has at the moment , but we don ’ t intend to leave matters that way ”
– Cayetano Carbajo , CTO
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