March, 2017 - Leading smartphone manufacturer Vivo presented its technological development in High Power User Equipment (HPUE) at the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) Summit 2017 on Feb. 23 in Barcelona, showcasing its commitment to heralding in the upcoming 5G era.

GTI Summit 2017, under the theme "Joint Innovation Towards 5G", brought together the most influential decision makers, policy makers and influencers in the telecommunication industry (including CM, Sprint, MTK etc) to promote TD-LTE global development.

Vivo, as one of the revolutionaries in this field, demonstrated its newest technological breakthrough in doubling transmission power to help improve user experience when surfing the Internet under weak signals.

The technology utilises high power amplifiers in handset devices to enhance uplink coverage capabilities and stretch 2.5 GHz coverage, offering faster speed and better capacity than the primary band of current telecommunication networks, and thus significantly increases uplink data speed and MOS (Mean Opinion Score) field effect in its products (as tested in a test environment) while internet coverage is limited.

The solution takes a progressive step closer to the synergistic 5G ecosystem which will lead to higher speed, larger storage, and faster data processing speed and Vivo is currently working on commercialising this technique and is expected to apply it to the company's new products in the near future.

"Vivo has set up its 5G Research Institute in Beijing," said Alex Feng, CMO of Vivo. "Together with our R&D centers in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Beijing, Silicon Valley, and San Diego, and our accumulated experience in innovating in telecommunications, we have set up a solid foundation for Vivo in the next round of the technical revolution in the 5G era to deliver premium technical innovations in all aspects to our users."