Articles tagged with: Hspa and GSM

Mongolia Gets HSPA Network Upgrade

Mongolian operator MobiCom has launched a hspa upgrade, with the network supplied by Ericsson. The launch enables MobiCom to introduce mobile broadband services to its subscribers across Mongolia, starting in the capital Ulaanbaatar where about 40 percent of the country's 3 million inhabitants live. more

Related Tags: mobicom, ericsson, cdma, wcdma, 3g, mobile-broadband, 3, partner, ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Ericsson Wins 4-Year 3G Upgrade Contract in Turkey

Turkish operator Avea has signed a four year contract with Ericsson for a WCDMA/hspa upgrade. Under the agreement, Ericsson will be one of the main suppliers and will integrate and deploy WCDMA/hspa radio access and packet core networks, as well as a complete mobile-backhaul solution based on microwave transmission and optical transport. more

Related Tags: avea, wcdma, tim, cdma, ericsson, mobile-broadband, microwave, packet-core, Turkey

Smartphone sales buck the recession

A report by Infonetics Research is forecasting an 8% drop in the total number of mobile phones sold in 2009, to 1.1 billion worldwide (down from 1.2 billion in 2008), in line with predictions from Nokia, among others. Smartphones were the best-performing segment of the mobile phones market in 2008 and the only segment to show unit and revenue growth in the second half of the year as the world economy entered recession. more

EU Moves Closer to Approving 3G at 900Mhz

The decision by the European Parliament to accept the amendment of the GSM Directive to allow UMTS (WCDMA-hspa) technology to be deployed in the 900 MHz band has been welcomed by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). more

LTE Cannot Come Soon Enough for Some Operators

For some operators, LTE cannot come soon enough, states the latest report from Analysys Mason, which details how wireless data traffic will grow tenfold in developed markets in the period to 2015. However, there are many roads to a data-optimised RAN and LTE is only one component. more

Related Tags: mobile-data, w-cdma, lte, cdma, ran, play, life

Croatian Network Orders Network Optimisation Platform

Network planning and optimisation consultancy, Aircom International recently announced a contract with Croatian mobile operator Vipnet, to supply its OPTIMA Performance Management solutions across both the Core and Radio Access networks. more

HSPA Drives Mobile Infrastructure Market Growth in 2008

According to a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the worldwide total mobile infrastructure market revenue grew 5 percent in 2008, driven by the nearly doubling and quadrupling of revenue of the WCDMA and WiMAX markets, respectively. more

Related Tags: 3g, base-station, smartphone, wimax, wcdma, smartphones, driving, lte, cdma, mobile-broadband, dell, true, 2g

Optimising the Interoperation of UMTS and GSM at 900 MHZ

Wireless operators can recover as much as 50 percent of the spectrum lost to transition zones when deploying UMTS at 900 MHz with legacy GSM networks, according to Sean Cordone, PhD, Vice President of Engineering at ISCO International. Dr. Cordone is the author of a whitepaper released today. more

Related Tags: 3g, wimax, eu, lte, mts, hsupa, hspa+, umts, prague, 3g-network, 2g

Nokia Siemens Networks Wins Chinese Contracts Worth $1.1 Billion

China Mobile and China Unicom have separately signed agreements to purchase 2G and 3G mobile equipments and services from Nokia Siemens Networks during 2009. Under the framework agreements Nokia Siemens Networks will roll out WCDMA networks for China Unicom in 11 provinces across China. In addition, it will provide China Mobile with TD-SCDMA and GSM networks. more

O2 Germany to Upgrade Network to Support 28Mbps Data Download Speeds

Telef�nica O2 Germany has announced plans to upgrade its network to hspa+, and start offering peak download speeds of up to 28Mbps in the second half of this year. The network upgrade will initially occur in Munich - where O2 has its headquarters. more