KUALA LUMPUR: Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd (P1), a subsidiary of Green Packet Bhd, has sealed a technology cooperation agreement with China Mobile Ltd to spearhead the time division-long term evolution (TD-LTE) technology in Malaysia and South-East Asia.

Technical collaboration: C.C Puan (left) and Michael Lai (right) posing with (2nd from left)China Mobile Research Institute deputy general manager Huang Yuhong, Information, Communications and Culture deputy minister Datuk Joseph Salang,charge d’affaires of the China Embassy Chen Dehai after the signing ceremony.

TD-LTE technology is a 4G telecommunications evolutionary path for the future of mobile broadband.

P1 chief executive officer Michael Lai said both parties would be sharing expertise, with P1 in 4G WiMAX and China Mobile in TD-LTE technology deployment.

"For true mobile 4G and LD-LTE to be successful, technology needs mass adoption.

"The economies of scale brought by China Mobile, with its subscriber base of over 600 million will see rapid development of the entire TD-LTE ecosystem,” he said at the signing ceremony yesterday.