Articles tagged with: Edge and Base Station

Vietnamese Network Signs Network Upgrade Contract

Vietnam's Vinaphone has contracted with Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its GSM network in 16 northern provinces with edge data services. The contract was signed through Alcatel-Lucent's Chinese subsidiary, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. The deployment is currently underway and the expanded network will begin providing commercial services in April 2009.  more

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Alcatel-Lucent to Expand China Mobile Pakistan's Network

Alcatel-Lucent has signed a contract worth US$52.9 million with China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak), to expand its existing GSM/edge network. The expansion, which is now underway, will allow CMPak to provide enhanced commercial services in northern Pakistan by the end of the first quarter of 2009.  more

Related Tags: tim, china-mobile, alcatel-lucent, ovi, microwave, shanghai, cmpak, base-station-controller, alcatel-lucent-shanghai-bell, bell, interconnection, Pakistan


China Unicom Selects Alcatel-Lucent to Deploy 3G Networks in 14 Provinces

..artner with China Unicom and worldwide operators to deploy leading-edge next generation networks enabling advanced multimedia and Web services."  more

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The big challenge for the mobile industry in emerging markets

..ure markets, where switching at the edge of the network is shifting towards the core, partly because backhaul is becoming cheap and plentiful. "In low ARPU markets, the first principle is to have as few cell sites as possible. Each additional s more

Related Tags: sim, arpu, rural, driving, mtn, ovum, personal, bharti, aircraft, backhaul, wave, pace, africa


EDGE Continues to Dominate New Base Station Deployments in 2009

edge will dominate new base station deployments in 2009 with over 40% of new base station deployments, reports In-Stat. The slowdown in the global economy is having an effect on edge base station deployments as operators push out deployments. There will be a slight decline in new edge base station deployments from 2008 to 2009, resulting in 2008 being the zenith of edge deployments.  more

Related Tags: asia-pacific, 3g, eu, td-scdma, cdma, hsupa, in-stat, sharp, base-stations, gsm, africa


2008 Mobile Base Station Contracts Reach 550, Led by Nokia Siemens Networks

Total contracts awarded within the wireless industry for 2008 reached 550 as activity surged in Q4 according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research.  more

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Nokia Siemens Networks Wins Azerbaijani EDGE Upgrade Contract

Azerbaijan mobile operator, Bakcell is expanding its 2G network and adding a network upgrade to edge provided by Nokia Siemens Networks. Under the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will provide to Bakcell a radio and a core network extension, introducing its Flexi edge Base Station Platform to the Bakcell network.  more

Related Tags: nokia, sim, core-network, nokia-siemens-networks, siemens, nokia-siemens, bakcell, 2g, Azerbaijan


Alcatel-Lucent Cuts Power Consumption by Base Stations by a Quarter

Alcatel-Lucent announced an enhancement to its GSM/edge mobile networking portfolio which it says can reduce power consumption by up to 27 percent. The power reductions were demonstrated during January field trial this year with China Mobile in the country's Jiangsu province. On average, a 24 percent power saving has been achieved.  more

Related Tags: china-mobile, alcatel-lucent, base-stations, gsm, jiangsu, China


Ericsson launches Evo RAN for sustainable radio networks

Ericsson is introducing Evo RAN, a Radio Access Network (RAN) solution enabling operators to run GSM, WCDMA and LTE as a single network. The solution also includes a new common network controller, the Evo Controller 8000.  more

Related Tags: wcdma, lte, cdma, hspa, ericsson, ran, radio-access-network, gsm, tdd, bsc, true, rnc


Global Mobile Market to Exceed US$900 Billion in 2008

A report from IDATE says that the world telecom services market is estimated at US$1,365 billion in 2008 - a 4.2% increase over the year before - and is expected to be worth over US$1,416 billion in 2009. With a total turnover estimated at US$742.2 billion in 2008, mobile services account for 54% of the telecom services market and single handedly deliver all of the sector's growth. But the annual growth rate has dropped from more than 12% in 2007 to 8% in 2008.  more

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