Wireless Networks

Neeren Ramharakh, Vice-President, Sub-Saharan Africa at Cambridge Broadband Networks, discusses how African operators are delivering mobile broadband to regions where there is no fixed line infrastructure...

Re-farming 2G spectrum will be key to enabling mobile broadband coverage outside major population centres. This is according to a new report from Analysys Mason, Prospects for UMTS900: status review and outlook...

Exploiting TD technology from China Mobile nationally, the Tibetan branch of China Mobile is bringing 3G to this remote land. People in the capital Lhasa will soon be able to enjoy video phone calls to 38 cities whether China Mobile, China Unicom or China Telecom. Roaming will also be available to those countries that are running 3G...

Pakistani mobile operator Telenor Pakistan has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to expand and upgrade its network infrastructure. The five-year contract will have to take cognisance of low ARPU and persistent power shortages.

A 3G network of 3,000 base-stations is set for construction by Huawei as part of Ukraine’s network development. Commissioner of the contract is life:), a local GMS operator whose services can be reached by almost the entire population of the Ukraine.

Hitachi Cable has announced the selection of its Apresia Ethernet switch series by Global Data Service Joint Stock Company (GDS). Headquartered in Hanoi), GDS is a joint venture data centre service company launched in Vietnam by NTT of Japan and its Vietnamese counterpart Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group...

NSN will provide a GSM network expansion and upgrade to EDGE to provide Bakcell with enhanced quality and coverage in Azerbaijan...

MTN Syria's 2G and 3G networks coverage and capacity are set for enhancement as a result of a contract placed with Aircom International...

Ditech Networks voice-quality technology has been deployed throughout Qtel's mobile network in Qatar. The aim is to that Qtel, will consistently deliver excellent mobile calls, regardless of where a call is made or which device is used...

Cellular coverage in the dense and capacity-strained central business district of Jakarta is set to improve thanks to a new contract for outdoor DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems) announced by Indonesia's leading cellular distribution company, P.T. Solusi Tunas Pratama (STP)...

Scartel, Russia's first provider of high-speed wireless Internet, is now offering access under the Yota brand, powered by Cisco's latest mobility technologies. Yota's network provides service within the Sadovoye Ring in Moscow and at the Vassilyevsky Island and Petrogradsky District in St Petersburg. The network will provide a platform for high-speed, 4G mobile services that will help make "on-the-move" broadband access available to more people...

After expanding its radio and core mobile network by using Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) equipment, Africell is to deploy NSN's state-of-the art 3GPP mobile softswitching solution...

Indonesia's Telkomsel will enable a growing number of its 3G/HSDPA customers to enjoy the best quality unblocked data access as a result of its commissioning Nokia Siemens Networks' Direct Tunnel, which reduces transmission link requirements...

As the mobile industry gathers in Barcelona to set out its roadmap, Ovum analysts provide their opinion of the most interesting announcements made in the frst 48 hours...

MobiCom Corporation, a leading Mongolian mobile network operator has received an award for ‘Best New Technology' in recognition of its remote GSM service, which is provided by Altobridge's Remote Community Solution and enables service delivery to isolated small user groups...

Bandwidth, or rather the lack of it, greatly affects the ability for emerging markets to communicate with the world at large. The G.711 codec, as adopted by all incumbent wireline telcos in developed markets, requires at least 64kb/s of bandwidth per channel. G.711 requires minimal resources due to its relatively uncompressed content but is very sensitive to network problems (especially prevalent on IP networks)...

Multimedia Generation Network (MGN) specialist Veraz Networks, which provides application, control, and bandwidth optimisation products, has announced a programme to enable service providers using Nortel's legacy DMS circuit switches to quickly migrate to a next-generation IP network powered by Veraz's MGN portfolio...

Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia & US has today announced the launch of its Next-Generation Network known as the Multi-Service Platform in India...

IP networking solutions from Tadiran Telecom have been chosen by the Bank of Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) to provide an IP telephony network of 60 systems and sites throughout Vietnam...

Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that lengthy negotiations with the Ministry of Communications in Colombia have led to the signature of new agreements for services under the Compartel I, Compartel II and Telecentros projects which were awarded to Gilat's Colombian subsidiaries in 1999 and 2002...

Under an agreement just signed with China Mobile, Alcatel-Lucent and Datang Mobile will provide their TD-SCDMA solution for 11 of the 28 cities covered by China Mobile's phase 2 network, including Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Changchun, Hefei, Guiyang, Kunming, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Yinchuan and Urumqi...

Digitel Mobile Philippines Inc (DMPI) is one of the three major wireless carriers in the Philippines. Operating under the brand-name Sun Cellular, DMPI offers GSM technology, including voice services, messaging services, outbound and inbound international roaming, and value-added services. In early 2008, Digitel began deploying a new network designed to carry 3G (HSPA) services. The operator chose Ceragon's FibeAir IP-MAX2 wireless Ethernet solution to construct an all-IP backhaul network...

O3b Networks has been developing a new fibre-quality, satellite-based, global Internet backbone for telecoms operators and ISPs. It is now able to anounce that the largest ISP in Afghanistan, NEDA Telecommunications, will deploy O3b Networks' Quick Start service as part of a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement. The agreement will provide low-latency, fibre quality, Internet connectivity between Afghanistan and the global internet infrastructure...

The first global standard offering an in-home, high-speed network capable of delivering room-to-room HDTV has been agreed by ITU. The standard, published under the G.hn banner, promises high quality multimedia over power, coaxial, phone and other home network wiring. It will give up to 20 times the throughput of existing wireless technologies and three times that of existing wired technologies...

NCC is assuming the new role of a broadband wireless Web access provider, having launched a wi-fi network in Nizhny Novgorod enabled by an end-to-end CBOSS solution...

Qatar Telecom has signed an agreement to implement a full network modernisation project that is intended to double mobile broadband speeds in Qatar. Strategic partner Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) will modernise and optimise Qtel's pioneering nationwide 2G and 3G networks, providing a network infrastructure based on the company's "future-proof" solutions...

Zain has launched commercial services in Ghana with the start of the first 3.5G network on the continent outside South Africa. Zain Ghana's network will offer its customers ultra high-speed Internet access and, for the first time in Ghana, the ability to make video-calls and use rich multimedia content including sending video clips, music and pictures at the touch of a button. Zain's 3.5G network will give Ghanaians a new lifestyle option...

Motorola has announced the deployment of its first WiMAX trial network for Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), a member company of the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), which is the largest ISP in Vietnam. The network allows VDC to test next-generation wireless broadband services in major cities of Vietnam...

In partnership with Safaricom, ADC will be supplying its InterReach Fusion solutions to provide in-building wireless coverage at over 40 sites in Kenya, including the famous 14-storey Landmark Plaza in Nairobi...

ITU has published its annual report, Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2008: Six Degrees of Sharing, detailing a set of regulatory strategies designed to lower the costs of network rollout...

Backhaul is crucial in that it provides the connection between the core network and the mobile base stations that connect to users' devices. Any cellular network is only as good as its backhaul since it does not matter how well the cellular base stations perform or how wide a choice of handsets the customer has: if the backhaul capacity isn't available the user suffers...

Taking the opportunity of the Electronica trade show, Infineon Technologies AG launched what it claims is "the world's smallest Transient Voltage Suppression diode" for the protection of antennas in the latest electronic equipment...

Andrew and its representative in Chile, Raylex, have been chosen by Entel PCS to deploy wireless network infrastructure. The overall contract is intended to enhance the already well-subscribed Chilean mobile market...