MmO2 Trials HSDPA Services

Nortel and mmO2 have successfully completed a series of live wireless calls using an emerging broadband technology - High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) - that can deliver dramatically faster and more sophisticated wireless services. O2 plans to deploy Nortel's solution across portions of its Pan-European wireless network.

Nortel and mmO2 recently completed live wireless test calls demonstrating the capability to offer DVD-quality film and video, high-resolution interactive gaming, multimedia music tracks, 'push-to-watch' services and access to large e-mail attachments - all at speeds three times faster than today's commercial 3G networks.

The test calls were completed as a first phase of planned Nortel deployments across portions of O2's European UMTS network. These deployments are subject to execution of definitive binding agreements.

"We are looking forward to deploying this broadband technology in Europe, and to delivering a newer and better experience to our business and consumer customers," said Dave Williams, group chief technology officer, mmO2. "Nortel is proving to us their aggressive schedule for delivering HSDPA, and this makes them a very attractive ally for deployments across our Pan-European footprint."

Commercial field trials of the Nortel HSDPA solution begin in the second quarter of 2005 and are expected to include an integrated, commercial data card product."

Posted to the site on 17th December 2004