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Articles tagged with: Core Network and GSM
Motorola Wins Chinese 3G Contract
Motorola says that it has won a W-CDMA contract with China Unicom for an undisclosed amount. Under the contract, Motorola will provide China Unicom with W-CDMA radio access network equipment, packet switched core network (PS core), and 2G/3G interoperability functions that will enable the integration of China Unicom's GSM and W-CDMA networks. more
Related Tags: china-unicom, motorola, w-cdma, wcdma, 3g, , cdma, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, radio-access-network, interoperability, China
Hong Kong Undreground Railway Extension Gets Mobile Phone Coverage
A major extension to Hong Kong's mass transit railway will feature another wireless communications network from wireless confined-coverage system solutions provider, Radio Frequency Engineering (RFE). Enlisted by mobile network operator, SmarTone-Vodafone, RFE will design, supply, install and commission a turnkey commercial wireless communications solution for the MTR's new LOHAS Park Station and tunnel extension. more
Related Tags: 3g, mobile-tv, wimax, eu, itu, fire-brigade, vodafone, mts, cdma, iden, 1800mhz, network-management, trains, subway, railway, Hong Kong
Network Coverage Expansion for Rural Alaska
Tecore Networks has announced that Ningiq - a joint venture of ASTAC and OTZ, two telephone cooperatives providing mobile communications services in Northern Alaska - has again selected Tecore's products to offer converged GSM and CDMA voice and data services throughout the region. Ningiq first deployed Tecore systems starting in August 2007, and has now followed that installation with an expansion order that more than doubles the number of sites served. more
Related Tags: rural, cdma, tecore-networks, USA
Africell chooses Nokia Siemens Networks for 3GPP Mobile Softswitches
Nokia Siemens Networks says that it has won a follow on contract from Africell to deploy a 3GPP mobile softswitch in Gambia and Sierra Leone. With market share of 67% in Gambia and 45% in Sierra Leone, Africell is deploying Nokia Siemens Networks softswitching solution in order to meet subscriber's growing demand and contribute to the networks' efficiency. more
Related Tags: nokia, intel, 3gpp, lintel-group, africell, mobile-softswitch, siemens, nokia-siemens, Sierra Leone
Smart-Jamming for Mobile Phones in US Prison
Tecore Networks says that it has deployed its Intelligent Network Access Controller (IntelliNAC) to address the growing problem of illegal cell phone use by prison inmates in an unnamed U.S. locality. While restricting the localized use of unknown cellular devices within the IntelliNAC coverage area, approved prison personnel remain able to access the commercial cellular network service within the prison grounds as well as external to the prison through their existing cellular subscriptions. more
Related Tags: intel, ict, cdma, prison, intelligent-network, USA
Ericsson to Expand Zain Madagascar network
Ericsson has signed a contract with the Zain Group to expand the core network and the GSM radio access network for Zain Madagascar. The expansion of Zain Madagascar's network, which has been operational since 2005, is centered upon deploying Ericsson's Packet Core Network, including both SGSN and GGSN nodes, and Ericsson's Mobile Softswitch Solution. more
Related Tags: ericsson, zain, radio-access-network, mobile-softswitch, zain-group, Madagascar
Mobile Phone Subscribers Pass 4 Billion Mark
GSM focused trade body, 3G Americas says that a historic milestone was achieved for the wireless industry in December 2008 with 4 billion connections to mobile devices worldwide. more
Related Tags: lte, mts, cdma, hspa, mobile-broadband, compete, telstra, 3g-americas, hspa+, bandwidth
First Commercially Available vBTS for use in Shared Active Infrastructure RAN Solutions
Vanu has announced the commercial launch of MultiRAN - which the firm says is the first commercially available RAN solution that enables active infrastructure sharing through the utilization of virtual BTS platforms. more
Related Tags: base-station, arpu, rsa, rural, ran, base-stations, bts, infrastructure-sharing
WCDMA equipment up 12% in 3Q; Nokia Siemens leads in mobile switch subsystems
After ramping up in 2Q08 in large part due to Beijing Olympics preparations, the worldwide radio access network (RAN) equipment market slid 6% to $9.6 billion in 3Q08 on sharp declines in the CDMA segment, reports market research firm Infonetics Research. more
Related Tags: nokia, base-station, smartphone, w-cdma, huawei, cdma, ericsson, mobile-broadband, nortel, ran, sharp, base-stations, fmc, siemens, nokia-siemens