Articles tagged with: Opex and Nokia Siemens

Nokia Siemens Networks Wins 60% of Russian 3G Tender

Russia's MegaFon has announced the outcome of a 3G network tender, with Nokia Siemens Networks supplying at least 60% of 3G Node -B Base Stations. MegaFon says that it shall decide upon the territory of the equipment supply within Russia at the same time there shall be no exclusivity rights provided to vendors.  more

Related Tags: megafon, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, -nokia-siemens, huawei, zte, base, 3g-network, Russia


Battery cooling solution to reduce network cost for operators

Nokia Siemens Networks has expanded its portfolio of energy efficient Smart Site solutions with the introduction of SiteStar, a cooling cabinet that can increase battery life by three times, and reduce the electricity consumed for cooling batteries at a base station site by up to 95%. SiteStar will be commercially available in Q3 of 2009.  more

Related Tags: nokia-siemens-networks, smart, life, batteries, indoor


Zain successfully trials HSPA+ in a live 3G network

Zain Saudi Arabia has concluded trials of a Nokia Siemens Networks supplied Internet-HSPA (I-HSPA) software upgrade within Zain's existing radio access network. The trial introduced a simple, flat architecture demonstrating how traffic can bypass the Radio Network Controller (RNC) and the Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN), to deliver improved data transmission speeds. Because of the re-routing, there is no need to build in additional capacity, in effect reducing the opex and CAPEX.  more

Related Tags: zain.-hspa+, i-hspa, 3g, wcdma, siemens, gprs, radio-network-controller, true, Saudi Arabia


Telecom carriers spent $62 billion on outsourced services in 2008

..ntinue to increase as service providers outsource more tasks so they can continue to cut opex and beef up their margins. In the equipment vendor services market, no one sees a slowdown during this global recession; instead, they all see more oppo more

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Tunisian Operator Upgrades GPRS Core Network

Tunisian mobile operator, Tunisiana has modernized its GPRS core network following an upgrade contract which was awarded to Nokia Siemens Networks. The company installed its Flexi ISN, which performs GPRS Gateway Service Node (GGSN) and data charging functionalities, and is fully integrated with the existing Nokia Siemens Networks charge@once prepaid solution to enable flexible charging of data services.  more

Related Tags: intel, mms, capex, core-network, vas, orascom-telecom, nokia-siemens-networks, ben, siemens, gprs, tunisiana, orascom, wap, ggsn, Tunisia


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