Forsk and TD Tech recently announced that they have signed an agreement for TD-SCDMA radio planning tools. TD Tech will use Atoll TD-SCDMA in the planning of its TD-SCDMA projects and will also release a customized version of Atoll TD-SCDMA under the TD Tech brand as part of its range of TD-SCDMA network products.

Atoll TD-SCDMA is a radio planning tool, developed by Forsk, in close co-operation with TD Tech’s experts.  Forsk, based in Toulouse, France，is a global leading software engineering company specialized in the production of radio planning tools; its product, Atoll, is being used in the design of the world’s largest networks by its customers in all parts of the world.

Mr. Klaus Maler, CEO of TD Tech, said: “The long term R&D cooperation with Forsk has led to a very competitive Network Planning Tool. Network planning is crucial for commercial network deployment and TD Tech is very well prepared to provide first class network planning services to ensure reliable and high-quality networks.”

TD Tech devotes itself to be a trustworthy partner for telecommunication operators. In addition to strong product R&D and a reliable product performance, TD Tech has made remarkable progress in building up its capability of service and total solution provision through cooperation with international leading telecommunication enterprises. In the future TD Tech will work with more first class telecommunication enterprises in order to further guarantee to its customers TD Tech’s capability to provide more competitive and comprehensive services.

Mr Benoit Guy, Director of Sales and Marketing for Forsk said:
“We are very happy to announce this important step in our long-term relationship with TD Tech.  TD Tech and Forsk have been working closely together for a long time on the development of Atoll’s planning tool for TD-SCDMA and the signing of this agreement formalizes the framework for our continued co-operation.  Forsk has from an early date been committed to full support of the TD-SCDMA technology and this agreement further reinforces our position in the important Chinese market.  With Atoll TD-SCDMA, Forsk now offers world-leading solutions for all the technologies being considered for the exciting 3G developments in China, all based on the well-proven Atoll platform”

About Forsk

Forsk is an independent software engineering company based in Toulouse, France, which has specialized in the production of radio planning tools since its foundation in 1987.  Building on its then 10 years experience with radio planning tools, in 1997 Forsk introduced its PC based Atoll radio planning tool for 2G network planning, bringing the advantages and efficiencies of the professional application of modern software design techniques to the radio network design market.  In 2000, with Atoll 3G, Forsk introduced the world’s first commercially available 3G planning tool. In 2001, Atoll was the first radio planning software to offer 2G/3G co-planning features. In 2003, Forsk achieved market leadership in the European UMTS radio planning tool market. Today, Atoll is being used in the design of the world’s largest networks by its customers including major operators and equipment suppliers in all parts of the world. In China Atoll is used by all of the Chinese operators for the design of GSM, CDMA, UMTS and TD-SCDMA networks. 

About TD Tech

TD Tech Ltd. is a joint venture between Siemens Communications Group and Huawei Technologies Ltd. It was inaugurated in Beijing on March 18, 2005. It focuses on the research & development, manufacturing, and sales & marketing of TD-SCDMA technology and products. TD Tech aims to develop TD-SCDMA technology into a commercial success in China, and then in the world.

TD Tech has been taking the lead in the development of the TD-SCDMA industry based on the solid technical foundation laid by its mother companies since 1998. TD Tech is the first to launch a whole series of commercial RAN equipment in the TD-SCDMA industry. Currently, TD Tech has more than 700 employees, with its senior management and core team coming from both parent companies