Ericsson and AT&T Wireless to trial UMTS/WCDMA network in Dallas

date: June 4, 2002

AT&T Wireless Services and Ericsson will continue delivering on their commitments to bring true 3G capabilities to the United States by deploying a UMTS/WCDMA market trial system in the fourth quarter of 2002. This UMTS/WCDMA market trial system, which will have about 100 cell sites in the Dallas area, will be the first 1900 MHz UMTS/WCDMA system in the Americas.

In February, AT&T Wireless and Ericsson completed the first live 3G UMTS voice call in the United States at AT&T Wireless' headquarters in Redmond, Wash. The two companies continued the momentum towards UMTS/WCDMA with a recent lab demonstration in which multimedia files were transferred simultaneously at packet data speeds exceeding 300 Kbps. Applications and capability development and verification will continue throughout the summer as a prelude to the launch of the trial network.

"This demonstration is an opportunity for Ericsson and AT&T Wireless to advance the development of UMTS/WCDMA in the 1900 MHz frequencies," said Greg Slemons, executive vice president network services for AT&T Wireless. "It will demonstrate the advanced services and capabilities of UMTS/WCDMA, and develop best practices for the commercial deployments that will follow."

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