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Articles tagged with: Base Stations and 3G
Femto Forum Outlines Case for LTE Femtocells
The femtocell trade body, the Femto Forum today outlined the case for LTE femtocells at the LTE World Summit in Berlin. The principal performance benefit that femtocells bring to LTE, cited by the Femto Forum, is that they will ensure more users receive peak data rates more of the time, especially inside buildings where the vast majority of mobile broadband data is consumed and where the service quality is lower than outside. Femtocells achieve this by maximising spectrum re-use and by ensuring power, and therefore network capacity, is not wasted by trying to penetrate buildings. more
Related Tags: femto-forum, femtocell, backhaul, femtocells, play
1.45 Million BWA/WiMAX Subscribers Added in 2008
Worldwide, approximately 1.45 million BWA/WiMAX subscribers were added during 2008, while the WCDMA subscriber base increased by more than 90 million. The average quarter-over-quarter subscriber growth rate in 2008 was 21.5%, according to the 7th issue of the 4GCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis. more
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China Telecom - the First to Offer EPON-based 3G Services
ZTE has announced that China Telecom has deployed its Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPON) Solution, which enabled China Telecom to cutover between EPON technology, which carries CDMA 1X services and EVDO data services to implement the world's first EPON technology that offers 3G services. more
Related Tags: ethernet, base-station, zte, china-mobile, china-telecom, cdma, ovi, iden, shanghai, backhaul, gsm, China
Averting radio spectrum saturation, opportunistically
Mobile users want better video calls, streaming television and faster downloads, placing more demands on the limited radio spectrum available to operators. Could handsets that intelligently sense their radio environment and opportunistically grab free bandwidth be a solution? more
Related Tags: rfid, base-station, oracle, intel, eu, ict, tim, rcom, mts, ovi, radio-spectrum, one-network, network-management, bandwidth
Alcatel-Lucent Offers Converged RAN for CDMA Networks Migrating to LTE
Alcatel-Lucent says that it has expanded its wireless networking portfolio to inlcude a Converged RAN" (radio access network) which enables mobile service providers to offer both 3G CDMA and LTE services using a common network infrastructure. One of the key elements of the Converged RAN is the software defined radio (SDR) technology which has been available on the current Alcatel-Lucent base stations for a number of years already. more
Related Tags: base-station, tim, lte, alcatel-lucent, cdma, ovi, ran, sdr
Nokia Siemens Completes 2nd Phase of China Mobile TD-SCDMA Rollout
Nokia Siemens Networks has announced that it is one of first vendors to complete phase two deployment of China Mobile's 3G network, based on TD-SCDMA technology. Nokia Siemens Networks has been working with China Mobile subsidiaries Fujian Mobile, Henan Mobile, Jiangxi Mobile and Hainan Mobile to deploy their respective 3G networks. more
Related Tags: nokia, base-station, mobile-data, tim, china-mobile, td-scdma, cdma, ovi, iden, nokia-siemens-networks, henan-mobile, gsm, siemens, nokia-siemens, testing, China
EDGE Continues to Dominate New Base Station Deployments in 2009
EDGE will dominate new base station deployments in 2009 with over 40% of new base station deployments, reports In-Stat. The slowdown in the global economy is having an effect on EDGE base station deployments as operators push out deployments. There will be a slight decline in new EDGE base station deployments from 2008 to 2009, resulting in 2008 being the zenith of EDGE deployments. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, base-station, eu, edge, td-scdma, cdma, hsupa, in-stat, sharp, gsm
Hutchison Telecom Confirms Spin-Off Plans for Hong Kong Holdings
Hong Kong based Hutchison Telecom has reported a 16% rise in full-year revenues to HK$24 billion (US$3.1 billion) and an increase of 16.8% in EBITDA to HK$6.14 billion (US$791 million). Net income dropped precipitously to HK$1.88 billion (US$242 million) from the extraordinary HK66.8 billion a year ago - which was largely due to the one-off gain from the sale of its Indian interests to Vodafone. more
Related Tags: base-station, vodafone, landline, hutchison-telecom, gsm, hutchison, java, chief-financial-officer, Hong Kong
China Mobile to Have 100 Million 3G Subscribers in 2011
China Mobile aims to have 100 million TD-SCDMA users in the next three years, with the figure reaching 10 million this year, according to company executives and government officials. Lu Dongfeng, vice-president of Datang Telecom Technology, a provider of TD-SCDMA products, said at an industry forum in Chongqing that China plans to have 100 million TD-SCDMA users by the end of 2011. more
Related Tags: datang, base-station, china-mobile, td-scdma, cdma, China
Mobile Data Infrastructure Market to See Sharp Decline in 2009
The mobile data infrastructure market is forecast to experience a double digit decline in revenues in 2009 according to a recent study by IMS Research. Mobile WiMAX may be hardest hit as credit markets dry up, jeopardizing many of the smaller pure WiMAX vendors' most important customers. more
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