Network Infrastructure

23 October 2008 08:56

Hutchison 3G moves to extend high-speed mobile broadband coverage and capacity throughout Ireland

Subscribers of Hutchison 3G Ireland, the operator of 3 Ireland network, have begun to receive high-speed mobile broadband services across the whole country as 3 expands its WCDMA/HSPA services in response to the growing demand for high speed

22 October 2008 16:53

Turkcell outlines 3G expectations

License bid process will mean no rollout till mid 2009 

Turkcell will not start investment in its 3G network until it has gone fully through the license approvals process, according to Koray Öztürkler, the Turkish operator’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer.

With the tender process now scheduled to begin on 28th November, and a judicial approvals process that can take up to 90 days, that means that investment in the network will not

07 October 2008 09:32

MTS launches 3G in Uzbekistan

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, said to be the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, has announced the launch of a test zone of its UMTS (3G) network in Uzbekistan and technical readiness for commercial launch in

02 October 2008 09:00

What does a vendor need to do to be successful in LTE?

PA Consulting experts offer some answers

 

After some years of underachievement, mobile data is finally taking off. Sales of HSDPA dongles are growing rapidly and key internet services (such as Facebook and Google Maps) are going mobile, with the result that mobile operators' data traffic uptake in the UK has shown growth of between 100% and 400%over a twelve month period.

30 September 2008 10:32

Huawei 'industry first' with 3G/2G Software Defined Radio Single RAN product launch

Huawei Technologies has today announced the launch of the industry's 'first' 3G / 2G Software Defined Radio (SDR) Single RAN product. The base station has been developed in close cooperation with technologists from Vodafone who are said to

10 September 2008 00:01

O2 goes underground in Scotland

O2 customers in the Glasgow Subway will soon be the first in the UK to use their mobile phones underground as part of a new deal which will see O2 as the first mobile phone operator in the

28 August 2008 13:43

Nortel and LG demonstrate first LTE handover

Nortel and LG Electronics have taken LTE  from the labs to the streets to complete the world’s first mobile LTE live air handover. Engineers at Nortel’s Research and Development Centre of Excellence in Ottawa showed streaming HD video

27 August 2008 07:11

T-Mobile and 3 UK appoint Nokia Siemens for 3G integration

Nokia Siemens Networks has been selected as the 3G radio network infrastructure supplier for the consolidation of the two operators’ 3G radio access network infrastructure under MBNL, in the process creating the UK’s most extensive 3G network providing