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Articles tagged with: Bts
Safaricom Base Station Also Powers Local School
Kenya's Safaricom has unveiled a new Base Transmission Station in Kacheliba, West Pokot that will also transfer its surplus electricity to the local school. more
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Huawei Launches Vodafone Co-Developed Base Station for Rural Areas
Huawei says that it has launched a 2G base station (bts) designed for use in rural communities in developing markets. The “EasyGSM bts” is an All IP-based compact bts, and was co-designed and developed in collaboration with Vodafone in the two firms’ joint Radio Mobile Innovation Centre based in Madrid, Spain. more
Related Tags: huawei, base-station, solar-power, vodacom, vodafone, gsm, South Africa
Global BTS Transceiver Market Grew 20.5% in 2008
The global base transmitting station (bts) transceiver (TRx) market grew by 20.5% in units in 2008, according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research. The overall market is expected to decline in 2009 and remain weak through 2011 before seeing a rebound in 2012. GSM shipments continue to represent the majority of the overall market demand in the forecast but will see a gradual decline. more
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Nortel Software Upgrade Reduces GSM Base Station Power Consumption
Nortel is launching a "Smart Power Management" software platform that the company says helps reduce radio network power consumption in GSM networks and delivers significant energy and cost-savings for mobile operators. Power reductions that can be achieved through this solution were demonstrated in a trial conducted in February 2009 with China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) - the parent company of Hong Kong listed China Mobile. more
Related Tags: sim, base-station, o2, tim, china-mobile, cdma, ovi, iden, nortel, gsm, smart
Telefonica and Vodafone in Deal to Share European Networks
Telefonica and Vodafone have confirmed rumours and announced a 10-year European deal to share aspects of their radio networks and infrastructure in Germany, Spain, Ireland and the UK. As part of the collaboration, Telefónica and Vodafone are also exploring opportunities to cooperate in related areas such as the provision of transmission services. more
Related Tags: 3g, eu, vodafone, telefonica, compete, microwave, Spain
O2, Vodafone Reported to be in Network Sharing Talks
UK operators, O2 and Vodafone are reported to be in advanced talks regarding sharing their network infrastructure. Citing people close to the talks, the Financial Times that a deal "could provide them with significant savings in capital and operating spending". Vodafone's CEO, Vittorio Collao is currently seeking annual cost savings of £1bn by 2010-11 to bring the UK divisions' operating margins up to the average compared to its other country networks. more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, 3g, hutchison-3g-uk, vodafone, o2, hutchison-3g, core-network, 1800mhz, ran, 900mhz, hutchison, UK
BSNL Ordered to Shut Down Mobile Network Along Nepali Border
Indian state owned operator, BSNL has been ordered to shut-down its mobile network along the India-Nepal border due to security concerns - reports the Economic Times newspaper. more
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Orange Deploying 100 Solar Powered Base Stations in African Nation
Orange Guinea Conakry and Ericsson are deploying over 100 base stations fully powered by solar energy, connecting remote parts of rural Africa. Using Ericsson's energy-efficient base stations, a hybrid diesel-battery solution and solar panels, Orange is increasing mobile coverage in rural and urban areas. more
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Octasic Launches First True SDR Solution for GSM/EDGE Basestations
Octasic has shown off its first Software Defined Radio (SDR) platform for GSM, EDGE and EDGE Evolution Base Transceiver Station (bts) applications. Vocallo bts is the first product of Octasic's recently announced wireless program that uses its Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology. more
Related Tags: 3g, digital-signal-processor, edge, software-defined-radio, sdr, edge-evolution, gsm, 4g
Orange and Vodafone to Expand Network Sharing Partnership
The UK arms of Orange and Vodafone are expected to expand their existing network sharing agreements to include sharing the costs of engineering, maintenance, and technology, in a move which is expected to save Vodafone (and Orange presumably) around US$1.45 billion a year. more
Related Tags: orange, rural, vodafone, core-network, ran, landline, bt, UK