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Portugal Telecom/Telefonica Moviles deploys CDMA 1XRTT in Brazil
using Motorola infrastructure
January 29, 2003
Joint Venture Portugal Telecom/Telefonica Moviles, a wireless communications
company in Brazil, has started to deploy its new generation voice
and packet data network in the regions of Campinas, Indaiatuba in
the state of Sao Paulo and Curitiba, in the state of Parana, using
Motorola's 1XRTT advanced infrastructure equipment.
It is Motorola's first deployment of CDMA 2000 1X equipment in
Latin America. Motorola signed the contract for this advanced network
in June 2001. Deployment of the 1X network has begun and is scheduled
to be completed in February 2003.
"With this CDMA 1X system, we are reinforcing our position as the
first carrier to invest in this technology in Brazil and South America
in order to broaden the offer of data services to our current and
future subscribers," said Francisco Padinha, chief executive officer
of the joint venture. Subscribers currently generate data traffic
in excess of 50 gigabytes per month, "resulting in an increase in
high-speed data revenues of 400% over the last six months," said
Padinha.
"The pressure from corporate clients, who are requesting increased
coverage and more services and applications, is the main reason
for our expansion of these services. In addition, the expansion
solves any potential problems with voice capacity for the next few
years in these regions," said Padinha.
"It is a source of great pride for us to be working with the joint
venture, participating in a very important chapter in the history
of telecommunications in the country," said Jose Figueroa, corporate
vice president and general manager for the Latin America and Caribbean
Region for Motorola's Global Telecom Solutions Sector. "This deployment
represents an important milestone in cellular telephony in Brazil
because we are helping to make things smarter and life better for
the environments in which people live, work and play," said Figueroa.
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