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EDGE Rolled out in Romania
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Alcatel and Orange Romania have activated the EDGE (Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution) capability natively embedded in Alcatel's Evolium radio access solution. This EDGE capability will cover the most important cities of Romania.
Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel will EDGE-enable the Evolium 900 and 1800 MHz base stations already installed, thanks to a simple software upgrade. Alcatel will also add new base stations to the operator's network, so as to guarantee an adequate coverage of the population and level of service. The commercial service will be operating in the second half of 2004, after an experimentation due to start in the coming weeks.
"The priority today is to deliver the most advanced applications and services to the market, keeping costs under control", stated Bernard Moscheni, chief executive officer of Orange Romania. "The choice we made when we chose Alcatel's Evolium? EDGE-ready solution proved to be the right one, as it goes in this direction".
"This is another important step in the long-term partnership between Alcatel and Orange", added Marc Rouanne, chief operating officer of Alcatel's mobile activities. "Furthermore, the activation of the native EDGE capability of our Evolium solution in Romania perfectly demonstrates how we can help our customers to face the growing market needs for new attractive mobile services."
Tags: [orange romania]
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