Telefonica Celular launches CDMA2000 1x high-speed data and voice network in Brazil with equipment from Lucent

date: April 16, 2002

Telefônica Celular, one of the largest mobile operators in Brazil, today announced the commercial launch of an advanced CDMA2000 1X high-speed data and voice network in Brazil using equipment supplied by Lucent. The new network will initially serve Telefônica Celular customers in Rio de Janeiro, providing them with data transmission speeds of up to 153 kbps.

These increased speeds, which are made possible by Lucent's mobile network infrastructure equipment, will enable Telefônica Celular to offer its customers advanced services such as video streaming, which makes full-motion video transmission possible, wireless Web browsing and instant messaging. Initially, 25,000 corporate customers in Rio de Janeiro will have access to these new data services.

Lucent upgraded Telefônica Celular's existing Lucent-supplied base stations with CDMA2000 1X channel cards and software, and also provided software upgrades for Telefônica Celular's mobile switching centers to enable these services. Lucent also supplied additional Lucent Flexent® base stations. The CDMA2000 1X network can double Telefônica Celular's voice capacity, while also providing data speeds of up to 153 kbps, all using Telefônica's existing radio frequency spectrum.

Telefônica Celular's subscribers will be able to access the high-speed network with CDMA2000 1X-enabled devices or PDAs and laptop PCs equipped with CDMA2000 1X PC cards. The upgraded network is backward compatible so that existing customers will continue to be supported.

"We have been supplying equipment and services to Telefônica Celular in Brazil and several other countries that enable them to offer their customers innovative services," said Renato Furtado, president, Lucent Technologies in Brazil. "The commercial launch of Telefônica Celular's network further demonstrates our CDMA leadership in Brazil and the rest of the world."

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