Lucent Starts First 3G Rollout in North America

date: August 23, 2001

Lucent Technologies today announced a significant milestone in the rollout of 3G wireless networks by being the first vendor in North America and one of the first worldwide to announce commercial availability of 3G CDMA2000 equipment and software. This solution will enable mobile operators to take advantage of the increased voice capacity and advanced features of CDMA2000 1X with data enhancements to follow this year.

Mobile operators that upgrade their current-generation cdmaOne networks to CDMA2000 will have the capability to double their network's voice capacity and increase data-transmission speeds nearly 10 times. Lucent is installing and testing the equipment with customers worldwide. Once the CDMA2000 1X voice upgrades are successfully installed and tested, Lucent will begin to ready the networks to accommodate data traffic at speeds of up to 153 kbps for mobile Internet applications.

We are excited to help our mobile operator customers deploy 3G networks and look forward to helping them introduce a new generation of high-speed data services to their subscribers, said Mike Iandolo, vice president of product management for Lucent's Mobility Solutions Group.

The CDMA2000 technology complies with the international 3G standards established by the ITU and can be deployed using existing spectrum. Its compatibility with existing networks as well as technology being developed is a key advantage of CDMA2000.

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