Qualcomm and Teleepoch Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October 6, 2007

MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6, 2007

Brazilian government to publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007

KTF 3G service suffers from technical problems, October 6, 2007

Argentina’s Personal lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007

Russia has it's first 3G network, October 6, 2007

AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007

Enea Extends License Agreement with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007

LG to unveil premium handsets in Brazil, October 2, 2007

KTF 3G subscribers doubled in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007

3G policy in India will be non-uniform, October 2, 2007

- previous news

Nokia optimizes 3G for 1700/2100 MHz in North America

March 13, 2006

In anticipation of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) auction of licenses for the 1700/2100 MHz, and 700 MHz spectrum bands, Nokia has introduced the Nokia Flexi Base Station, an innovative, multi-radio platform. The Nokia Flexi Base Station enables easy deployment of 3G and/or broadband wireless networks, like WCDMA, HSPA, and WiMAX, and services in multiple spectrum bands with up to 70 percent lower base station site expenditures compared to using wide area base stations deployed in networks today.

"Nokia recognizes the significant impact these spectrum licenses will have in North America and have optimized our equipment and services for planning and deploying wireless networks in these new bands," said Mark Slater, vice president, Networks, Nokia. "We've identified key areas any provider must address when considering time-to-market, investments, deployments, operations, and end-user services, and have designed our products and services to specifically serve the North American market."

In efforts to stay ahead of the market and prepare for the new spectrum bands and for fixed-mobile convergence, Nokia has designed its products and solutions to address these specific requirements. For instance, Nokia was first to introduce innovative solutions like the flat network architecture, Nokia Internet-High-Speed Packet Access (I-HSPA) that enables high-speed mobile access with wide area coverage for data intensive business and consumer applications, and VoIP. Additionally, the Nokia Flexi Base Station is the first product of its kind and will revolutionize the way 3G and broadband wireless wide area networks, like WCDMA, HSPA, and WiMAX, will be built from this moment forward.

The Nokia Flexi Base Station will be available for WCDMA and HSPA for the IMT-2000 frequencies 2100 MHz, 1700 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1700/2100 MHz in the second half of 2006. In the first half of 2007, further frequencies, including 850 MHz, 900 MHz and 1900 MHz will be available. The Nokia Flexi WCDMA Base Station will also be available for the 700 MHz band, expected to go on auction in the 2007-2009 timeframe. Other frequency variants for broadband wireless access technologies can be supported with the Nokia Flexi BTS according to market demand.