25,000th Lucent Cdma2000 Base Station Shipped"

Lucent Technologies has announced it has equipped more than 25,000 base stations worldwide to support CDMA2000 technology. Using CDMA2000 1X technology, Lucent's CDMA customers can double voice capacity and provide high-speed data services at speeds of up to 153kbps. Lucent's CDMA customers simply add channel cards and make software upgrades to existing Lucent base stations to enable these advanced 3G capabilities. Lucent has shipped this equipment to customers in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.

"This significant milestone underscores our ability to rapidly deploy 3G CDMA2000 networks and equipment worldwide and further reinforces our leadership in spread-spectrum 3G technology," said Jim Brewington, president of Lucent's Mobility Solutions Group. "Our high-capacity voice and high-speed data solutions will allow our customers to compete more effectively and profitably, while paving the way for them to offer high-speed data services to enterprise customers -- a market with pent-up demand for these services."

In August 2001, Lucent announced that it was the first vendor in North America to begin shipping these CDMA2000 base station enhancements. To provide customers with a comprehensive CDMA2000 data solution, Lucent also provides the additional network infrastructure mobile operators need.'"

Posted to the site on 30th May 2002