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
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T-Mobile Awards Network Upgrade Valued at US$300 Million to Nortel Networks
May 9, 2003
T-Mobile USA, the mobile arm of Deutsche Telekom has selected Nortel
Networks to provide GSM, GPRS, EDGE and packet core Wireless Data Network
upgrades and associated professional services under a four-year agreement
valued at US$300 million.
The agreement calls for Nortel Networks to deploy core and radio access
products from Nortel Networks Univity portfolio across existing T-Mobile
USA network footprints, including the New York, Chicago, Dallas, Milwaukee,
Denver, Detroit, and Salt Lake City markets. GSM, GPRS and EDGE-ready
infrastructure will enhance T-Mobile USA’s network capacity and capabilities
for providing a quality customer service experience when using the company’s
portfolio of advanced features and services like visual communications,
two-way text messaging, instant messaging, Web browsing and gaming.
“The Wireless Data Network deployments will enable T-Mobile USA to leverage
and augment Nortel Networks presence across our national network to provide
greater capacity in a very cost-effective manner,” said Tim Wong, chief
technical officer, T-Mobile USA.
Nortel Networks has supported GSM network planning and deployment for
T-Mobile since the company’s inception as VoiceStream Wireless in 1995.
Wireless Data Network infrastructure to be deployed for T-Mobile USA under
the new agreement will include Univity GSM Base Transceiver Station S12000
Indoor and Outdoor radio equipment, Univity Base Station Controllers (BSC),
and IP core equipment including Univity Mobile Switching Center (MSC).
Nortel Networks is also the primary provider of Home Location Register
(HLR) infrastructure for T-Mobile USA’s national wireless network.
Nortel Networks has deployed 80 GSM/GPRS networks in more than 50 countries
and is supplying GSM/GPRS systems to enable Wireless Data Network services
for more than 50 operators around the world. Nortel Networks is the industry’s
only supplier with Wireless Data Networks operating in all three technologies
- GPRS, CDMA2000 and UMTS.
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