Telefonica's O2 (UK) Ltd. has acquired a trial license from UK regulator Office of Communications to test LTE in the 800MHz frequency band according to a Light Reading report.

O2 is already doing LTE trails in 2.6GHz band. NEC has announced earlier that it is supporting Telefonica O2 in its trial of LTE next-generation mobile services in the UK.

O2 deployed NEC's flagship microwave backhaul solution, PASOLINK, to provide a high-capacity, resilient transmission link to one of O2's key LTE trial sites in the Slough area, Berkshire, UK. NEC's PASOLINK is used to carry high-definition video streaming, mobile gaming, high-speed file transfer and video conferencing.

Huawei had a successful live trial of LTE (Long Term Evolution) with Telefonica O2 UK as well. During the trial, a cell peak downlink rate of 150Mbps was achieved in the Slough area, the headquarters of O2 in the UK.

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