Russian CDMA Network Coverage Expands

Lucent Technologies has completed a CDMA2000 1X network expansion of the SKYLINK network for Russia's Delta Telecom (Delta). The expansion, completed by Lucent in late June, will enable Delta to significantly increase its voice and high-speed data services coverage.

For the SKYLINK network expansion, Lucent has provided its Flexent CDMA2000 1X base stations and increased the capacity of the Lucent-supplied mobile switching center. As a result, the SKYLINK mobile voice and data services are available throughout the Karelian Isthmus and in a number of additional cities in the vicinity of St. Petersburg.

The SKYLINK network was launched in St. Petersburg in December 2002 and initially covered the city and its suburbs. Its subscribers get high-quality voice services and data services at speeds of up to 153 kbps. The CDMA2000 1X standard, operating in the 450 MHz frequency band, is an approved mobile technology for deployment in Russia where this spectrum is currently used by older analog NMT-450 cellular networks.

The equipment for the project implementation was delivered by Lucent Technologies business-partner, Verysell Telecom of Verysell group."

Posted to the site on 21st July 2003