Articles tagged with: WCDMA and Packet Core

WCDMA equipment up 21% in 2Q, driven by 3G rollouts and device upgrades

Ericsson has increased its macrocell RAN equipment revenue in 2Q09 with a boost from China Unicom's W-CDMA deployments, retaining its top market share spot reports Infonetics Research. However, Huawei and ZTE also increased their RAN equipment revenue at the same time.  more

Related Tags: ericsson, zte, cdma, huawei, hlr, base, home-location-register, unicom


Huawei and ZTE cause major shakeup in mobile infrastructure market

wcdma vendor revenue increased 8% between 4Q08 and 1Q09, and is up 61% year-over-year, mainly due to China's 3G rollouts and smartphone - and data card-driven upgrades in North America and Europe, reports Infonetics Research. The research house also noted that Ericsson increased its revenue market share in 1Q09, retaining the top spot for macrocell RAN equipment  more

Related Tags: hlr, huawei, zte, home-location-register, msc


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, tim, cdma, hspa, ericsson, mobile-broadband, microwave, gsm, Turkey


Taiwan Operator Upgrades 3G Network

Nokia Siemens Networks has won a ¢â€š¬72 million (US$115 million) contract to expand the 3G network operated by Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom. The contract will enable the operator to trial Nokia Siemens Networks' Internet High Speed Access (I-HSPA) network.  more

Related Tags: hspa, chunghwa-telecom, nokia-siemens-networks, backhaul, siemens, high-speed-packet-access, rnc, Taiwan


Telstra Activates "3G Direct Tunnel" on its HSDPA Network

Australia's Telstra has activated an important new feature for the Mobile Packet Core network called 3G Direct Tunnel on their wcdma/HSPA network. The equipment for this was provided by Ericsson. The 3G Direct Tunnel feature provides a direct connection between the 3G networks RNC (Radio Network Controller) and GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node), hence capacity increase to Telstra's mobile packet core network.  more

Related Tags: core-network, hspa, telstra, direct-tunnel, gprs, tunnel, rnc, Australia


Nokia Siemens Wins 3G Contract in Brazil

TIM Brasil and Nokia Siemens Networks have signed a contract to deploy and service a wcdma/HSPA network in several Brazilian states of the South, Northeast and North regions.  more

Related Tags: amazon, core-network, hspa, nokia-siemens-networks, radio-access-network, siemens, Brazil


Ericsson Completes Greek Network Upgrade

Ericsson says that it has successfully upgraded and expanded the GSM/wcdma core network for Greek telecom operator WIND Hellas. The sole supplier contract included the swap to Ericsson's wcdma/GSM common core network solution.  more

Related Tags: core-network, hspa, wind, mobile-softswitch, mss, softswitch, seamless, Greece


Nokia Siemens Wins Pan-Caribbean Core-Network Contract

Cable & Wireless and Nokia Siemens Networks are extending their global frame agreement to include the deployment of Nokia Siemens Networks' Release 4 and Intelligent Packet Core networks architecture, a single platform that will be able to support GSM and 3G networks in the Caribbean. The core network solution will be designed provide full redundancy across all the Caribbean regions that the operator serves; allowing for continued service during critical situations like hurricanes.  more

Related Tags: core-network, nokia-siemens-networks, next-generation-network, harris, network-operations-center, virgin, caribbean


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