Articles tagged with: Base Stations and Mobile Data

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

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

Related Tags: 3g, base-station, wimax, mobile-wimax, ims-research, ims

Femtocell - a Revolutionary Residential Gateway for Fixed-Mobile Substitution

Much has been said about femtocells in recent times. Frost & Sullivan senior industry analyst M. Kumaresan believes that femtocells have the potential to revolutionize 3G services by enhancing user experience within an indoor environment, while serving as a major revenue proposition for mobile operators. more

Related Tags: ethernet, 3g, sim, base-station, arpu, voip, ict, itu, driving, personal, femtocell, landline, fmc, femtocells, indoor, churn, option, true

3G Network Launched in Bangkok

Thailand's Advanced Info Service (AIS) is reported to have launched its long planned 3G network - operating in the 900Mhz band - in the capital city, Bangkok. The firm is already operating a 3G network in the 900Mhz band in Chiang Mai, pending the award of 3G licenses and spectrum in the more conventional 2.1Ghz bands. more

Hutchison Telecom Adds Over 11 Million Subscribers in Q3

Hutchison Telecom has reported that during the 3rd quarter of this year, it maintained growth in a quarter where overall economic conditions were turbulent. Its total user base grew to 11.2 million with strong contribution from Indonesian operations which grew 12.5% quarterly. Established markets Hong Kong and Israel recorded significant growth in 3G customers and continued to report progress in all other operational parameters. more

Related Tags: base-station, iphone, hutchison-telecom, hutchison, target, Indonesia

StarHub Tripple 3G Data Upload Speeds

Singapore's StarHub has upgraded its HSPA network nationwide to 5.76Mbps on the uplink, tripling its current mobile broadband upload capacity of 1.9Mbps. When completed in end December 2008, the upgrade will make StarHub the first operator in Asia to have a nationwide High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) network at 5.76Mbps. more

Thai Operator to Delay 3G Rollout

Thai operator, DTAC has announced that it will delay the launch of its 3G network until it sees more demand for mobile data services. The decision was taken by the company's new CEO, Tore Johnsen, who took charge of DTAC earlier this month. more

Related Tags: base-station, advanced-info-service, dtac, 900mhz, tot, 3g-network, cat, Thailand

Huawei Wins 3G Upgrade Contract in Singapore

Singapore's StarHub has appointed Huawei Technologies to expand and upgrade its current nation-wide 3.5G mobile broadband network to HSPA+ by 2Q-2009. HSPA+ will boost StarHub's current mobile broadband speed 1.5 times to 21Mbps (from the current 14.4Mbps) on the downlink, and over five times its uplink capability to 11Mbps (currently 1.9Mbps). In addition, StarHub plans to expand its mobile base station capacity to at least 3,500 base stations in support of its 1.8+ million mobile customers. more

SingTel Expects 42Mbps Downloads on 3G Network within 18 Months

Ericsson has won a US$160 million contract from Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) to expand and enhance its GSM/WCDMA/HSPA networks. Ericsson will provide a complete IP-based radio access and common core network. With Ericsson's network improvements, SingTel's existing HSPA network will be upgraded to offer download speeds of up to 14.4Mbps (from the current 3.6Mbps) and upload speeds of 5.76Mbps (currently 384kbps). more

Related Tags: wcdma, core-network, hspa, singtel, Singapore

The European Market for Femtocells is Not Quite There Yet

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan estimates that there will be 21.392 million femtocell subscribers with 10.696 million femtocells deployed across Western Europe in 2010, and this will reach 39.403 million femtocell subscribers with 15.761 million femtocells deployments by 2011. more

Related Tags: capex, core-network, femtocell, femtocells, indoor, dual-mode

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