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Nokia powers SFR's HSDPA network in France
June 21, 2006
French operator SFR has launched its High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network in Paris and Southern France. Nokia's HSDPA solution allows SFR to operate its network more cost-efficiently and offer its customers data services at speeds of up to four times faster than current 3G speeds.
"We are committed to introducing broadband mobile data services to our customers. They will benefit from download data speeds up to 4 times faster than current speeds available, offering for the first time a mobile experience similar to current standard DSL rates. Streaming video is a superb example of the benefits that HSDPA will bring to consumers. Already last year we demonstrated HSDPA services such as high speed streaming video, music download and business applications together with Nokia, and now the service is available to our customers," says Paul Corbel, Chief Technical Officer, SFR. "We are very satisfied with Nokia's HSDPA solution and their support in enabling us to launch our HSDPA service in Paris and Southern France".
"The Nokia HSDPA solution enables SFR to leverage their new mobile data opportunities and deliver exciting high-speed services to their customers, says Olivier de Percin, Account Director, Networks, Nokia. "HSDPA users can clearly see how much faster the mobile data services, such as streaming video, are and how good the quality really is. Together with the new HSDPA Nseries devices, this HSDPA solution will bring to the mobile internet what PCs and broadband brought to the fixed internet and will widely enhance the consumer's experiences in multimedia."
Nokia has delivered the HSDPA solution to SFR as part of a radio network contract extended in May 2006. Nokia uses it's unique, multivendor Nokia NetAct network to ensure the quality of service for HSDPA and has provided managed services, consulting and integration services from its business solutions portfolio.
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