Delta Telecom Expand CDMA450 Network in St. Petersburg with 3G 1xEV-DO Technology

Above shows the press-conference held in Delta Telecom's St. Petersburg office.

Europe : Network to Support Mobile Data Services at Speeds of up to 2.4 Megabits per Second; Delta Telecom to Deploy Lucent's S-DHLR, a Next-Generation Subscriber Data Management Solution

Delta Telecom, a mobile operator in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, and Lucent Technologies announced plans to expand Delta Telecom's Sky Link-branded CDMA450 network, and enhance the network to support CDMA2000(R) 1xEV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized) technology. The EV-DO network will enable Delta Telecom to provide its Sky Link subscribers in St. Petersburg with new, high-speed mobile data services such as complete mobile office capabilities, high-quality video-on-demand and other high-bandwidth services at speeds of up to 2.4 Megabits per second - more than 15 times faster than what's currently available.

The project, which the companies plan to complete by the end of 2005, includes increasing the capacity and coverage of the CDMA450 network in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. It also includes the deployment of the Bell Labs-developed Lucent Super-Distributed Home Location Register (S-DHLR), a key element of Lucent's IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution from its Accelerate(TM) Next Generation Communications Solutions portfolio.

"We see that the market is ripe to adopt the new, innovative services that will be enabled by Lucent's solutions," said Gennady Golant, general director, Delta Telecom. "With Lucent's EV-DO solutions, we will be able to deliver complete mobile office capabilities and ensure high-speed access to the complete range of applications and information resources that our corporate customers currently access via fixed networks, while maintaining the same high levels of reliability and security."

As part of the project, Lucent will install additional Flexent(R) CDMA450 base stations and a new Mobile Switching Center (MSC), provide its S-DHLR and enhance existing Lucent CDMA450 base stations to support EV-DO technology. Lucent Worldwide Services will provide its expertise to ensure a smooth network deployment including installation support, network integration, and training and support services.

"Our work with Sky Link in St. Petersburg represents a technological breakthrough in terms of delivering a whole suite of new capabilities and services," said Dmitry Kamensky, general director, Lucent Technologies in Russia and CIS. "Our long-term partnership with Sky Link helps us to find the best solutions to help Sky Link meet the demands of its subscribers and succeed in this highly competitive mobile market."

The Lucent S-DHLR is an advanced customer information data server that enables the creation of a single subscriber profile for each customer and all of the services they use, in contrast to the traditional method of maintaining individual subscriber databases for each service. It also provides support for a wide variety of voice and data services on mobile, wireline and converged networks. Delta Telecom's migration from a traditional Home Location Register (HLR) to the new Lucent S-DHLR will reduce the complexity of managing subscriber data, make it easier to offer their subscribers customized service bundles and provide a consistent look and feel for subscribers' services even when roaming across multiple network types such as GSM, W-CDMA/UMTS, WiFi and wireline networks or onto another operator's network.

Lucent's Network Solutions Group is dedicated to helping wireline, mobile and converged service providers capture the market opportunities being created by the growing demand for blended lifestyle services. A global leader in the development of commercial 3G spread-spectrum solutions, Lucent's Network Solutions Group has deployed CDMA2000, CDMA450, and W-CDMA/UMTS networks with more than 35 customers on the continents of North and South America, Asia, Europe and in the Australia/New Zealand region. Lucent has deployed more than 120,000 spread-spectrum base stations for mobile operators worldwide, of which 70,000 are already supporting 3G services.