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Articles tagged with: Radio Access Network and W CDMA
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, wcdma, 3g, , core-network, cdma, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, gsm, interoperability, China
2008 is delivering mixed results for mobile infrastructure vendors such as Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, and Alcatel-Lucent. more
Related Tags: orange, base-station, iphone, samsung, wimax, apple, apple, abi-research, alcatel-lucent, cdma, lte, vodafone, edge, mobile-internet, base-stations, cdma2000, siemens, hsdpa
Aeroflex Launches 3G LTE Test Platform
Aeroflex has introduced a LTE test mobile designed to address the challenges of 3GPP LTE network infrastructure development test and rollout. The TM500 LTE incorporates test, logging and measurement features at all layers of the protocol. This includes MIMO tests to verify that the network appropriately handles the MIMO related signaling and correctly applies the MIMO modes, which can be realized with or without the need for an external fading simulator. more
Related Tags: mts, lte, mimo, 3gpp, aeroflex, umts
RAN equipment market down 2% due to slowdowns in N. America and Europe
Worldwide sales of radio access network (RAN) equipment are down 2% to $10 billion in 3Q07, following a 4% increase in 2Q07, according to Infonetics Research's quarterly report. Meanwhile, the number of mobile subscribers continues to climb, expected to be up 20% year-over-year by the end of 2007, and forecast to reach 4.2 billion worldwide by 2010, the report shows. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, 3g-license, core-network, ran, gprs
W-CDMA and CDMA2000 infrastructure markets up, GSM down"
As service providers around the globe install and upgrade networks to handle the growing number of mobile subscribers, demand for radio access network (RAN) equipment also climbs, with overall unit shipments up 8% in 2006, says Infonetics Research in its latest report. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, mobile-tv, ran, infonetics-research, base-station-controller
Siemens Wins 3G Contract in Indonesia
Siemens Networks says that it has been awarded a contract for construction of a 3G network by Indonesia's Telkomsel. The framework agreement between Siemens and Telkomsel, which will run for three years, covers delivery of 3G radio access networks and radio relay technology for large parts of Telkomsel's network as well as turnkey implementation and technical services for network operation by Siemens. more
Related Tags: 3g-radio-access-network, intelligent-network, telkomsel
Mobile RAN equipment sales down 22% in 1Q06
The worldwide radio access network equipment market fell 22% to US$7.4 billion in 1Q06 due to a huge drop in CDMA/EV-DO/EVDV and GSM/GPRS/EDGE equipment revenue, says Infonetics Research latest Radio Access Network Equipment report. W-CDMA/UMTS RAN equipment was up 8% in 1Q06. more
Related Tags: ran, infonetics-research
Double-digit Growth Forecast for W-CDMA RAN Equipment
The worldwide radio access network equipment market topped US$41 billion in 2005, with 58% of that coming from GSM/GPRS/EDGE equipment, 23% from CDMA/EV-DO/EV-DV equipment, and 19% from W-CDMA equipment, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. Over the next four years, those numbers will flip however, with W-CDMA RAN equipment revenue growing at an annual double-digit pace until it reaches US$26.6 billion in 2009, while GSM/GPRS/EDGE equipment revenue drops to US$5.1 billion in 2009. more
Siemens and NEC Win 3G Contract
Siemens and its 3G partner NEC have announced that they are assisting Hutchison 3G Ireland in deploying its W-CDMA network. The announcement represents the eighth Hutchison 3G network deployment that NEC and Siemens have been involved in. As the supplier of 3 Ireland's W-CDMA/UMTS radio access network (UTRAN), the contract includes the delivery of a full complement of Node-B radio base stations and radio network controllers with an aim to providing ubiquitous 3G network coverage for 3 customers around Ireland. 3 formally launched its 3G service in Ireland last month, and currently provides 3G coverage for 60% of the Irish population, and voice and text coverage for 99.5% of the population. more
Related Tags: hutchison-3g, nec, microwave, hutchison-3g-ireland