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Vodafone Germany and Huawei test LTE in 790-862MHz

SnL_ayaz_/was_here — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:21:41 +0000

Vodafone Germany and Huawei today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct a joint test gauging the performance of LTE (Long Term Evolution) in the Digital Dividend Band. This agreement marks a joint initiative to validate LTE’ s application within the Digital Dividend Band (790-862MHz) using Huawei’ s end-to-end LTE solution.

From this summer the cooperation will see Vodafone Germany and Huawei not only demonstrate LTE’ s ability to provide broadband coverage to rural and urban areas, effectively bridging the digital divide between those areas of Germany, but also to prove its compatibility with adjacent technologies such as Digital TV and Digital Radio. The test will be based on Huawei’ s end-to-end solutions and both parties will form a joint working group for conducting the test.

Hartmut Kremling, CTO of Vodafone Germany said: ‘Vodafone is an active player in bringing leading broadband services to Germany. By cooperating with local telecoms authorities, utilising the rich LTE experiences from Vodafone Germany and Huawei, we are confident that the test will be carried out successfully.’

Vincent Pang, Vice President and Head of Huawei Vodafone Business Unit said: “We are very pleased that Vodafone Germany chose Huawei as the partner for this test, which is another milestone for the collaboration between our two companies. Huawei will leverage its cutting edge LTE technologies to ensure Vodafone Germany remains ahead of the market as well as help it to achieve sustainable growth in the future.”

Huawei Launches World’ s First Commercial LTE eNodeB

SnL_ayaz_/was_here — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:29:09 +0000

Huawei, a leading China based provider of next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that it has launched the world’ s first LTE eNodeB ready for large-scale commercial deployment. This LTE eNodeB is able to fully support a downlink rate of up to 150 Mbps in commercial LTE networks.

By adopting 64QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) and MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) technology with two transmitters and two receivers features, Huawei’ s latest LTE eNodeB is able to maximize the use of the ultra-wide bandwidth of LTE networks. Higher-speed connection can provide end-users with unprecedented mobile data services such as high-definition VOD (Video-on-Demand) and high-simulation video conferencing. The SON (Self Organizing Networks) solution of this eNodeB is able to automatically configure and optimize new cells in an LTE network. With this solution operators can reduce the expenses in operation and smoothly evolve to next-generation networks without much further investment.

Mr. Wan Biao, President of Wireless, Huawei, said:” It is a great milestone in the development of LTE technology. Based on our fourth-generation base station platform, this LTE eNodeB will enable operators worldwide to offer to high-quality LTE services immediately and accelerate the maturity of LTE industry.”

In January, 2009, Huawei was chosen by TeliaSonera to deploy the world’s first commercial LTE network in Norway. So far, Huawei has made over 3000 LTE/SAE contributions to standardization bodies, and finished field tests and trials with world-leading operators such as Telenor and China Mobile.

Huawei’ s latest Femtocell device allows operators to drive mass market adoption

SnL_ayaz_/was_here — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:22:08 +0000

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (”Huawei”), a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, recently launched a new end-user oriented Femtocell device at the Femtocell World Summit in London, United Kingdom.

Dubbed “Femtocell 2.0″, the portable wireless access device allows users to connect directly to a standard broadband DSL or cable service and delivers in-door 3G network coverage for handsets. It enhances delivery of mobile voice and data services in both enterprise and home environments, and sets new benchmarks in terms of quality, reliability, intuitive use, and appealing design.

“Having a robust yet versatile Femtocell device that is able to gain wide market acceptance is a key challenge faced by all operators. Huawei’ s Femtocell solution and devices are now ready to support mass market adoption,” said Mr. Jiang Wangcheng, President of UMTS, Huawei Wireless. “We are committed to working with operators worldwide to further drive the uptake of mobile broadband by offering a compelling value proposition to end users.”

The innovative Femtocell 2.0, which received Germany’ s prestigious iF Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award in 2009, is engineered to allow operators to address both household and enterprise markets simultaneously. The device supports applications for streaming video, IPTV, video conferencing and mobile broadband and it is a critical component for operators to implement a full-service operation.

Huawei has established more than 20 pre-commercial and trial femtocell networks with global top-tier telecom operators. In December 2008, Huawei developed the world’s first commercial 3G femtocell network for StarHub in Singapore.

Sonera introduces 3G services in the 900 MHz frequency

SnL_ayaz_/was_here — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:45:44 +0000

Sonera continues its accelerated turbo 3G build-out program by introducing mobile broadband services in the 900 MHz frequency. Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei are the network vendors for the 3G expansion program in the following years.
“Our customers expect the traditional Sonera network quality where ever they are. By investing in the latest technology we can offer mobile broadband to a growing number of customers in a cost-efficient way”, says Esa Rautalinko, CEO of TeliaSonera Finland.

A significant part of the turbo 3G extension will be based on the 900 MHz frequency. In a lower-frequency network, an individual base station serves a larger coverage area, which makes it possible to extend geographical network coverage in an economic way.

”Besides the right timing, the choice of partners is a critical decision. The challenges are great, because we are not only rolling out 3G, but also supporting the fixed-mobile migration in the most rural areas and building a foundation for the evolution to 4G”, Rautalinko continues.

In 2009, Sonera will introduce its turbo 3G network in more than 100 new towns and localities, adding up to a total of 350 localities. More than 1,000 new base stations will be introduced. The company will continue its build-out programme in 2010 and 2011 depending on the market situation and service demand.

Etisalat & Huawei deepen partnership

SnL_ayaz_/was_here — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:42:02 +0000

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. (”Huawei”), today announced that it has signed a Global Framework Agreement (GFA) and Financing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Etisalat, the leading operator in Middle East and Africa, to further support its business expansion. His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Omran, Chairman of Etisalat, and Madam Sun Yafang, Chairperson of Huawei attended the signing ceremony at the Etisalat-Huawei Summit in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Under this Financing MoU, as the strategic partner, Huawei will provide the optimal financing solution to Etisalat. The GFA will help Etisalat and Huawei improve their business efficiency. Both the Financing MoU and GFA will further support Etisalat’s expansion in the future.Furthermore, Etisalat and Huawei will jointly establish an Application Innovation Center (AIC), aims to increase the operator’s competitiveness and sustain its business growth by introducing more customized solutions and applications.
“The agreement will further strengthen our valued relationship with Huawei,” said Mr. Omran, Chairman of Etisalat. “With the on-going strategic partnership, we will be able to provide more differentiated service offerings to the subscribers across our geographical reach.”

“As the global economic downturn intensifies, both Etisalat and Huawei will jointly overcome these challenges through our partnership that has been established based on mutual trust and a win-win strategy. We are dedicated to addressing market needs in the most beneficial way to both parties and the whole society,” said Madam Sun Yafang, Chairperson of Huawei.

Following the strategic partnership agreement signed in May, 2008, Etisalat and Huawei held the first Etisalat-Huawei Summit this year to review the partnership and explore more areas for co-operation.

3G rollouts in China drive big growth in WCDMA & CDMA deployments

SnL_ayaz_/was_here — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:19:14 +0000

Pause in 2G Spending Leads to Largest GSM Revenue Decline Ever

Huawei & ZTE enjoy major market share

In a recently published report by Dell’Oro Group, a trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, the worldwide mobile infrastructure market revenue contracted 9 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2009 despite a record number of 3G base station shipments. The GSM market experienced its largest year-over-year decline as Chinese mobile operators focused on 3G network deployments.

“The three Chinese mobile operators plan to spend over $20 billion this year on rolling out the initial phases of their 3G deployments,” stated Scott Siegler, Senior Analyst at Dell’Oro Group. “China Unicom’s WCDMA deployment is shaping up to be the single largest 3G deployment in history and was the primary contributor to the most ever – 100 thousand – Node B shipments in the quarter. With the CDMA market declining elsewhere around the world, China Telecom’s spending resulted in the most CDMA base station shipments in over four years. As the two GSM operators, China Mobile and China Telecom focused their spending on the rapid deployment of their 3G networks, spending on their GSM networks significantly declined. We expect this spending to accelerate in the second half of the year,” finished Siegler.

During the quarter, Huawei and ZTE experienced the greatest rate of growth, almost doubling their combined share of the total infrastructure market to over 20 percent compared to the same quarter last year.

GSMA briefs:

China’s Huawei and ZTE experienced the greatest rate of vendor growth in the mobile network equipment market during the first quarter of 2009 according to research firm Dell’Oro Group, almost doubling their combined share of the total infrastructure market to over 20 percent compared to the same quarter last year. Huawei in particular had an extremely strong quarter, roughly doubling its market share to 15 percent, making it the third-largest mobile network vendor in the quarter. Market-leader Ericsson continued its dominance, expanding its share slightly to 33 percent of the market in January-March, while closest rival Nokia Siemens Networks saw its share drop to 21 percent from 24 percent a year ago. Alcatel-Lucent lost third place to Huawei, with a 2 percent fall in market share, to 14 percent. Beleaguered vendor Nortel Networks saw its market share halve, to 4 percent. Dell’Oro noted that total worldwide mobile infrastructure market revenue contracted 9 percent year-over-year in the quarter despite a record number of 3G base station shipments.

About the Report

The Dell’Oro Group Mobility Infrastructure Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers’ revenue, average selling prices, transceiver or RF carrier shipments, and unit shipments for base station controllers, base transceiver stations, and mobile switching centers for GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA and WiMAX.

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