US : Huawei Technologies announced that the company's first-to-market network solutions for 700MHz spectrum will be available in first quarter of 2009. Based on the unified BTS(Base Transceiver Station) platform technology, Huawei will actively provide prominent network solutions for the winners of 700MHz US Auction.

Modular BTS design Key to Customized Network Solutions

Based on its 3900 series base station platform, Huawei will provide mobile network solutions for UMTS, CDMA and LTE technologies operating in the 700 MHz spectrum band newly licensed in the USA. Multi-band operation will be supported with concurrent operation in the 700 MHz, 850 MHz, AWS and 1900 MHz spectrum bands in the USA.

Using software defined radios; the base station portfolio will support dual mode operation for CDMA + LTE and UMTS + LTE technologies. This capability will enable operators to carry out smooth network evolution from UMTS or CDMA to LTE.

Product Portfolio

Huawei’s base station portfolio includes solutions for green-field and overlay deployment scenarios, including:

• Zero footprint distributed base station
• Integrated indoor base station
• Integrated outdoor base station

This set of solutions provides customers the capability to address most deployment scenarios with a time to market and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) advantage.

“Our commitment to developing 700MHZ products further demonstrates our commitment to the US Market,” says Charlie Chen, Senior Vice President of Marketing & Product Management, Huawei North America. “Our US business experience has shown that if we continue to focus on our core values of innovation, customer-oriented solutions and time –to-market leadership we will continue to grow and prosper in North America.”