Articles tagged with: Bts and 3G

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: 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, hutchison-3g-uk, vodafone, o2, hutchison-3g, core-network, 1800mhz, ran, 900mhz, hutchison, UK

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: digital-signal-processor, edge, software-defined-radio, sdr, edge-evolution, gsm, 4g