CDMA Rollout in the Caribbean

Huawei has partnered with Digicel Group to deliver a CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network in Caribbean, allowing the Caribbean's largest GSM mobile operator to provide international roaming and mobile data services to its CDMA customers.

The first stage of the project includes five of Digicel's 22 markets including Jamaica, Bermuda, Aruba, Cayman Islands and Barbados. With the CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network, Digicel is now the first GSM operator in the region to simultaneously offer GSM and CDMA services, and travelers to this region will be able to roam on Digicel's network and experience seamless CDMA roaming service.

According to Mr. Mario Assaad, Digicel Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO): "Huawei will help us deliver the most seamless and intelligent CDMA international roaming and high speed wireless data services in the main tourism areas along the Caribbean Sea. When traveling to the Caribbean, many U.S. mobile customers used to experience poor service and erratic network coverage from CDMA Caribbean operators. Now, they can come to the Caribbean and be assured of reliable mobile service by roaming on our seamless mobile network."

In this project, Huawei adopted its CDMA2000 outdoor macro BTS in large quantities, which enables convenient deployment as only power supply and transmission resource are needed to be connected to the cabinets. This eliminates the need for construction of equipment rooms and installation and debugging of auxiliaries, and in turn allows deployment to be rolled out within a shorter time period."

Posted to the site on 15th March 2007