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Articles tagged with: Base Station Controller
Huawei Launches World's First Multi-mode Base Station Controller
Huawei has launched the world's first convergent Base Station Controller (BSC) which integrates both the GSM BSC and the UMTS RNC (Radio Network Controller) into one multi-mode controller. Specifically designed to support multiple wireless systems via a single uniform access network, the SingleRAN solution integrates radio bearers for voice, narrowband data, mobile broadband and more into one network element instead of many. more
Related Tags: huawei, radio-network-controller, umts, opex
Alcatel-Lucent to Expand China Mobile Pakistan's Network
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a contract worth US$52.9 million with China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak), to expand its existing GSM/EDGE network. The expansion, which is now underway, will allow CMPak to provide enhanced commercial services in northern Pakistan by the end of the first quarter of 2009. more
Related Tags: base-station, edge, tim, china-mobile, alcatel-lucent, ovi, microwave, shanghai, cmpak, alcatel-lucent-shanghai-bell, bell, Pakistan
Backhaul Challenges for US Mobile Operators Throughout Network
Wireless carriers in the United States are now facing burgeoning backhaul needs that extend beyond base stations and into middle-of-the-network elements, a new Visant Strategies study finds. more
Related Tags: base-station, wimax, hspa, microwave, base-stations, backhaul, seven, visant-strategies, radio-network-controller, ev-do, towers, USA
Nortel Upgrading German GSM-R Network
Germany's national railway, Deutsche Bahn has ordered a GSM-R upgrade from Nortel Networks. Nortel first deployed GSM-R - a wireless technology, specially designed to meet the needs of railways - for Deutsche Bahn in 1999, and the current upgrade is key to Deutsche Bahn's long term development plans. more
Related Tags: intel, nortel, edge, intelligent-network, gsm-r, Germany
Indian Regulator Recommends Network Infrastructure Sharing
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) says that it is supporting plans to allow network infrastructure sharing in India. The Department of Telecommunication had sought recommendations from TRAI on effective sharing of passive infrastructure (towers etc.). Given the significance of infrastructure sharing the Authority says that it not only considered the issue of passive infrastructure sharing but has given the recommendation regarding active infrastructure sharing and backhaul on a suo-motu basis. more
Related Tags: radio-access-network, backhaul, trai, passive-infrastructure, infrastructure-sharing, telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india
W-CDMA and CDMA2000 infrastructure markets up, GSM down"
As service providers around the globe install and upgrade networks to handle the growing number of mobile subscribers, demand for radio access network (RAN) equipment also climbs, with overall unit shipments up 8% in 2006, says Infonetics Research in its latest report. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, mobile-tv, w-cdma, ran, infonetics-research, radio-access-network
Digicel deploys NMS backhaul solution for Caribbean mobile network
Caribbean wireless operator Digicel has deployed Massachusetts-based NMS Communications' AccessGate RAN optimization solution to improve backhaul performance and efficiency for its Caribbean fiber-based and satellite networks, NMS said in a statement. more
Related Tags: ran, digicel, backhaul, gprs, submarine
Bypassing Network Elements to Improve SMS Delivery
Sevis Systems has announced a new generation of SMS routers that allow SMS traffic to completely bypass the entire signaling network. Sevis's Transparent SMS Router (TSR) includes technology which enables mobile networks to offload SMS traffic at the "A" interface between the Mobile Switching Center (MSC) and the Base Station Controller (BSC). Carriers can now cost-effectively support the significant growth of SMS traffic without the expensive burden of signaling network upgrades. more
Altobridge Split-BSC Solution Cuts Remote GSM Costs
ip.access says that Altobridge, a developer of mobile systems for remote communications, is launching a low-cost satellite backhaul solution for the provision of remote cellular coverage using ip.access nanoBTS picocells. The new solution enables mobile network operators to serve small remote user groups of 100 subscribers with a single picocell, reducing operating costs to less than US$5 per subscriber per month and removing the need for expensive towers. more
Related Tags: gsm-association, satellite-backhaul, ip.access
EDGE Coverage Increases in Moldova
Moldova's Moldcell says that it has extended its EDGE coverage to just over 30% of the population. The company has also put 8 new GSM stations into operation in the last two months, which extended the coverage in the capital and 2 other cities of the republic. Due to 4 new GSM stations installed in Chisinau, indoor coverage was improved in the region of Botanica, on the streets Milestiu, Independentii and Decebal bul., and also in the suburbs of Chisinau in Codru village. more
Related Tags: indoor-coverage