Articles tagged with: Core Network and Telecom New Zealand

Telecom New Zealand Announces WCDMA Network Launch

Telecom New Zealand has announced the early launch of its WCDMA overlay of its existing CDMA network - for the 13th May. CEO Paul Reynolds said the development of the Telecom XT Mobile Network had progressed extremely well and the service will be operational across the country from launch day.  more

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Cook Islands Operator Completes GSM Softswitch Migration

Telecom Cook Islands has completed the commercial deployment of a GSM softswitch from ADC. The new softswitch -- which upgrades the carrier's core wireless network to more efficient, IP-based technology -- has been in deployment since September of 2007, and the final network cutover was accomplished last week. The network upgrade enabled by the UltraWave GSM softswitch includes an overall expansion of the network's capacity from 8,000 to 15,000 subscribers along with new services such as prepaid calling, SMS, voicemail, and GPRS data.  more

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GSM Softswitch for Pacfic Island Nation

Cook Islands Telecom, the monopoly operator in the Pacific Island nation has signed a contract to deploy a GSM Softswitch from LGC Wireless. more

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