Lucent to expand VIVO's 3G 1xEV-DO network in Brazil
August 22, 2005
Lucent Technologies announced that it signed a new agreement with VIVO,
the largest mobile operator in Brazil, to expand the coverage of
VIVO's 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network in the main cities in the states
of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro - the largest markets in the country.
In the coming months, Lucent will provide new Flexent Modular Cell
4.0 base stations and Mobile Switching Centers (MSCs) and upgrade
VIVO's existing Lucent-supplied base stations and MSCs to support
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technology, expanding the reach of VIVO's 1xEV-DO
network. Lucent Worldwide Services (LWS) will provide network integration,
installation and RF (radio frequency) optimization services.
"Lucent has been our main partner as we've introduced advanced
3G services, and through our highly reliable and expanded network,
we will be able to deliver mobile broadband data services to more
consumers and business customers at speeds of up to 2.4 Megabits
per second, which is much faster than our competitors' mobile data
offerings," said Javier Rodriguez, vice president of technology
for VIVO. "It is also important to remember that the 1xEV-DO network
is perfectly integrated with our CDMA2000 1X platform, providing
our users with extensive VIVO CDMA coverage."
The recently launched "Vivo Play 3G" 1xEV-DO service enables consumers
to download and view multimedia content and entertainment such as
TV and news programs, video clips, movie trailers, songs and digital
images as well as play 3-D video games. These services are already
available though an exclusive CDMA2000 1xEV-DO mobile handset that
VIVO introduced in July.
VIVO offers 1xEV-DO mobile broadband services to business customers
such as e-mail, Internet access, remote monitoring capabilities
via streaming video, and location-based services that can help locate
and provide directions to destinations such as restaurants and office
buildings. With virtual private network (VPN) connections, business
customers can access the VIVO high-speed data network as an extension
of their corporate local area network (LAN) or intranet by using
a 1xEV-DO PC card plugged into their laptop PC, allowing them to
work from any location as if they were in the office while enjoying
the same speed, security, authentication and data protection.
In regions where 1xEV-DO network coverage is not available, subscribers
can access VIVO's CDMA2000 1X network using their 1xEV-DO mobile
devices.
This 1xEV-DO network expansion agreement follows a separate agreement
announced in June, under which Lucent is helping VIVO increase the
capacity and coverage of the operator's CDMA2000 1X network in the
Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo and Sergipe markets.
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