Alcatel-Lucent has announced that company will enable YooMee Africa to expand into new African market by offering TDD LTE wireless access.  YooMee Africa, previously known as 4G Africa, is a wireless broadband operator in Cameroon and owns licenses in several countries on the African continent.

Alcatel-Lucent has announced that company will enable YooMee Africa to expand into new African market by offering TDD LTE wireless access.  YooMee Africa, previously known as 4G Africa, is a wireless broadband operator in Cameroon and owns licenses in several countries on the African continent.

YooMee has targeted deploying TDD LTE in its new markets within the next 6 months. The operator expects to build out in average 35 to 50 sites per capital city before deploying in remaining cities of the countries it operates in.

Alcatel-Lucent will deploy a complete end-to-end TDD LTE solution consisting of eNBs, Wireless Backhaul and the Evolved Packet Core (EPC). It will also provide professional services such as network planning, pre-launch optimization, network integration, and start-up assistance services to accompany YooMee with its commercial rollout