Global innovation and technology services company, the Aricent Group, recently partnered with Fujian Sunnada (News - Alert) Communication with the goal of developing a comprehensive TDD LTE (time division duplex long term evolution) small cell solution tailored for the Chinese market.

Small cells are widely considered the solution to the looming wireless bandwidth crisis network operators face as mobile device popularity continues to grow. Put simply, they enhance and/or extend mobile service to homes, enterprises, venues and even vehicles.

TDD LTE (News - Alert), meanwhile, offers flexible spectrum usage, reciprocity and dynamic allocation based on real-time traffic, as well as more accurate timing and synchronization. As such, a TDD LTE small cell solution is able to extend a network smartly and in a way that greatly benefits both network operators and customers, particularly in China.

"Small cells are critical for proliferation of LTE, and TDD is the technology of choice in China," said Pratyush Dasgupta, vice president and head of wireless practice at Aricent (News - Alert), in a statement. "We are very pleased to have partnered with Sunnada to help them jumpstart the development of LTE small cell solutions to cater to the highly lucrative Chinese market."

China isn't the only market that demands rapid build-up of LTE, however. In fact, Aricent recently identified India as a key market for the wireless technology as many of the country's residents rely on VoLTE (voice over LTE).

Aricent is a major player in the LTE technologies market, boasting more than 50 global LTE engagements, in addition to end-to-end LTE software solutions and services spanning the entire network spectrum, including eNodeB, EPC and backhaul.

"We are delighted to be foraying into the Chinese market with a cutting-edge small cell solution," said Huang Haifeng, director and vice president at Sunnada. "Aricent's readily-available LTE software frameworks and expertise in integrating and building the complete solution have helped us create a highly differentiated product, while helping us reduce costs and time-to-market."