| ALL TODAY'S PRESS RELEASES SEE BELOW |
| Lucent CDMA2000 Contract |
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20th June 2003 |
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"We selected Lucent because it is qualified to expand and upgrade our network quickly. Lucent's cost-effective solution provided us with higher capacity for our network," said Wladyslaw Bawiec, president and CEO, SFERIA. "This agreement will enable us to offer our services to a greater number of business and residential customers, assuring high-quality voice calls, email and fast Internet access, all available from a single wireless terminal." Under the agreement Lucent will deliver and install its CDMA2000™ 1X Modular Cell base stations, operating in the 850 MHz band, as well as its 5ESS® based Mobile Switching Center (MSC). The first phase of the network extension will be completed in early summer. The frame agreement also includes a significant services and maintenance component in which Lucent Worldwide Services (LWS) will provide spare part management, first line maintenance and remote technical support (RTS). SFERIA will join the Base Release Software (BRS) programme and will receive major releases, point releases and software updates as they become available - for both MSC and base stations. The BRS programme, in conjunction with Lucent Worldwide Services form a comprehensive system support package. "We are pleased that Lucent's industry-leading CDMA technology is being implemented in Poland. We are extremely glad that SFERIA recognized our market experience and deep knowledge in this area," said Stan Szuder, president and managing director for Lucent Technologies in Poland. CDMA2000 1X provides the capability for mobile operators to offer new high-speed data services such as instant messaging, e-mail and Internet access at speeds of up to 144 kilobits per second (kbps). Based on this infrastructure, subscribers are able to access the high-speed network with CDMA2000 1X-enabled devices or personal digital assistants (PDAs) and laptop PCs equipped with CDMA2000 1X PC cards. CDMA2000™ is an advanced and efficient wireless technology being deployed worldwide and an internationally recognized third-generation (3G) standard established by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). CDMA2000™ standard allows providers of wireless voice and data services to significantly increase network capacity and to deploy new services. Lucent leads the world in CDMA network deployment with more than 80,000 CDMA base stations in commercial networks worldwide. |
TODAY'S
PRESS RELEASES |
Teleca
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signed an agreement covering licence of Teleca's Obigo mobile suite. Initially,
Legend will use Teleca's Browser solution in its G820 phone. |
The
new services are the first to be launched in Singapore and allow GPRS
customers to view content rich streaming video and listen to audio clips
on their handsets. |
The
CDMA Development Group (CDG) reported that operators who have deployed
CDMA2000 in North America are seeing positive results in network performance,
service differentiation and product availability. |
Ericsson,
Huawei, NEC, Nortel Networks and Siemens today announced the creation
of a new industry cooperation, CPRI - Common Public Radio Interface, aiming
to define a publicly available specification for the key internal interface
of radio base stations. |
The
rising popularity of mobile phones is likely to force the next big issue
for European mobile operators: the economics of adding capacity to ease
traffic and congestion. |
The
multi-million dollar framework agreement will increase SFERIA's ability
to offer enhanced voice and data services more efficiently and cost-effectively
to a wider range of business and residential customers over its code division
multiple access (CDMA) network. |
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Europe
: Lucent Technologies announced that it has been selected by OSP Polpager,
the operator of SFERIA network ("SFERIA"), for the expansion
and upgrade of its existing wireless network in Warsaw and surrounding
areas. The multi-million dollar framework agreement will increase SFERIA's
ability to offer enhanced voice and data services more efficiently and
cost-effectively to a wider range of business and residential customers
over its code division multiple access (CDMA) network.