The French vendor Alcatel-Lucent has completed the world’s first LTE data call on the 800MHz European Digital Dividend (EDD) spectrum in Europe.

The EDD call was completed at Alcatel-Lucent’s 4G/LTE solutions center in Stuttgart, the firm said it transmitted high-definition video streaming and that Alcatel-Lucent’s commercial infrastructure platforms and prototype mobile devices were utilized in the call. The company said 800 MHz spectrum is expected to be auctioned in the second quarter of 2010 in Europe.

This is a major breakthrough on our path to become the first vendor to offer a commercial solution for the ‘digital dividend’ spectrum,” said Ken Wirth, president of LTE/4G solutions at Alcatel-Lucent. “We adapted our LTE solution to the 800MHz frequency band quite early on and we are now working with customers on field trials.”

LTE in the 800 MHz spectrum band will likely be valuable in bringing mobile broadband to rural areas and to urban areas where smaller cells are required, Alcatel-Lucent said, adding that it has been successfully testing 4G/LTE mobile services and has achieved data rates up to 60 Mbit/s in the process.