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Articles tagged with: Radio Network Controller
Huawei Launches World's First Multi-mode Base Station Controller
Huawei has launched the world's first convergent Base Station Controller (BSC) which integrates both the GSM BSC and the UMTS RNC (Radio Network Controller) into one multi-mode controller. Specifically designed to support multiple wireless systems via a single uniform access network, the SingleRAN solution integrates radio bearers for voice, narrowband data, mobile broadband and more into one network element instead of many. more
Related Tags: huawei, base-station-controller, umts, opex
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, opex, nokia-siemens, Saudi Arabia
FMC and femtocell equipment markets poised to take off in face of downturn
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released a report on FMC and Femtocell Equipment, which forecasts that combined, sales of FMC network element equipment and femtocell equipment are expected to grow at a healthy rate through the economic downturn and really take off in 2011, reaching nearly $8 billion worldwide by 2013. more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, 3g, nokia, apple, driving, lte, iden, vas, rogers-wireless, ran, infonetics-research, femtocell, fmc, rogers
IntelliNet Technologies Unveils Femtocell Gateway
IntelliNet Technologies has announced the development of an integrated femtocell gateway which combines a femtocell access point controller with a security gateway in an AdvancedTCA platform. The all-in-one solution gives service providers and wireless operators the ability to manage thousands of femtocells simultaneously offering a viable way to securely extend cellular services indoors. more
Related Tags: intel, sms, core-network, mts, femtocell, oem
Backhaul Challenges for US Mobile Operators Throughout Network
Wireless carriers in the United States are now facing burgeoning backhaul needs that extend beyond base stations and into middle-of-the-network elements, a new Visant Strategies study finds. more
Related Tags: base-station, wimax, hspa, microwave, base-stations, backhaul, seven, visant-strategies, base-station-controller, ev-do, towers, USA
Femtocells – to Be or Not to Be?
Although mobile operators are increasingly optimistic about femtocells, there are many doubts circulating around this new technology as it struggles to resolve key challenges such as functionality and cost. Operators believe that they are capable of cutting costs and retaining more customers, but proof remains to be seen. In the last femtocells study, Frost & Sullivan is skeptical, outlining multiple challenges, that do not look like they could be resolved by the end of 2008. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, mts, femtocell, 3gpp, backhaul, femtocells, umts, opex, handover
Nortel Wins CDMA Expansion Contract in Nigeria
Nortel has won a CDMA network upgrade contract from Nigeria based Multi-Links Telecommunications worth US$45 million. The initial phase of the contract has been awarded and will use Nortel's CDMA 1xEV-DO Rev A solution in the metropolitan region of Lagos, the prime economic center of the country. more
Related Tags: nortel, base-stations, 1xev-do, ev-do, Nigeria
Alcatel-Lucent Wins Mongolian GSM Contract
Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded a contract by Mongolia's Mobicom to expand its GSM network and add IMS-ready NGN portfolio to the entire network. The project will be implemented in several phases with the first phase completed in Q2, 2007. more
Related Tags: mobicom, alcatel-lucent
Nokia to Enable RAN Sharing by upto Four Networks
Nokia says that it will expand its 3G radio access multi-operator solution to enable the sharing of a radio access network (RAN) between as many as four operators. This undoubtably follows on from the recent announcement by Vodafone and Orange to share their RANs in the UK. more
Related Tags: ran, radio-access-network
Russia's Sky Link says that it is increasing the voice capacity of the Sky Link network in Krasnodar and enhancing it with CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technology. Krasnodar Cellular Network, the regional Sky Link operator, and Lucent are upgrading existing Lucent base stations with CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technology and installing new equipment that will enable the operator's Sky Turbo service, which provides data speeds of up to 2.4 Megabits per second. The project is beginning in the cities of Krasnodar, Sochi, and Novorossisk. more
Related Tags: cdma450, cdma2000, 1xev-do