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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Siemens brings end-to-end HSDPA solution to market
October 20, 2004
Siemens Communications will be the first vendor to bring an end-to-end solution for "High Speed Downlink Packet Access" (HSDPA) to market, complete with PC card. This UMTS extension will enable operators to significantly boost data rates in UMTS networks and provide their subscribers with average download speeds of up to 2 to 3 megabits per second. That roughly corresponds to what the fastest DSL connections are currently capable of offering. In January 2005, Siemens will be conducting the first live demonstrations with a HSDPA network. Field tests will begin with mobile operators in Japan and Europe in second quarter 2005. The HSDPA solution from Siemens, comprising network equipment and HSDPA PC cards, will be available for commercial operation beginning from the fourth quarter of 2005.
"With the early availability of our HSDPA solution, we will be putting UMTS mobile operators in pole position: They'll be the first in the market to be able to offer average download speeds of up to 2 to 3 megabits per second," said Christoph Caselitz, President of Mobile Networks at Siemens Communications. "This turbo data service will be a crucial buying criterion, first and foremost on the part of business users. The first providers to have this service in their portfolios will be able to reap the highest margins."
All that Siemens customers will need in order to integrate HSDPA into an existing UMTS network will be a software update. The reason: Since 2002, Siemens has been delivering only HSDPA-capable UMTS base stations. This means that with only minimal additional investments, UMTS operators will be able to provide high added value to a lucrative customer segment, business users. They typically need to wirelessly download very large volumes of data to their notebooks while they're out and about, and they value the kind of features that only HSDPA, of all the wireless broadband technologies, can offer: Roaming and high data security.
HSDPA allows more users than before to be provided simultaneously with higher data rates. This means that the existing frequency band is better utilized and the costs per bit reduced. Mobile operators can thus improve their margins with increased traffic in the networks.
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