Verizon Wireless Plans 3G 1xEV-DO Commercial Launch

Verizon Wireless and Nortel Networks announced that Verizon Wireless plans to launch a commercial CDMA2000 1xEV-DO (1X evolution-data optimized) wireless network in San Diego beginning in summer 2003 based on solutions from Nortel Networks.

Inset is Steve Slattery of Nortel Networks who is quoted below.

The two companies completed both technical and 'friendly user' 1xEV-DO trials in San Diego earlier this year. During these trials, wireless handsets and terminals were used to perform wireless data applications - including video streaming, wireless gaming, location-based services, instant messaging and e-mail with attachments - at data transmission speeds up to 2.4 megabits per second (Mbps) - approximately 16 times faster than CDMA2000 1X networks.

The San Diego 1xEV-DO network, powered exclusively by Nortel Networks Univity CDMA core and access technology, will position San Diego businesses and consumers to experience high-speed wireless data for rich applications like remote access to corporate Intranets and databases, corporate e-mail with attachments, large file transfers, video and audio streaming, and other multimedia services.

CDMA2000 1xEV-DO is a third generation (3G) wireless packet data system designed to support data rates up to 2.4 megabits per second. The high speeds offered by CDMA2000 1xEV-DO are expected to greatly enhance the subscriber experience, and to deliver speedier access to corporate intranets. The technology is designed to allow operators to increase wireless data network capacity - potentially up to six times - and to provide enhanced, 3G wireless data services.

"We are pleased to work with Nortel Networks to introduce 1xEV-DO in San Diego," said Dick Lynch, executive vice president and chief technical officer, Verizon Wireless. "With 1xEV-DO technology, we can improve network efficiencies, decrease deployment costs, and be better positioned to offer a faster, more robust wireless data experience for the enterprise."

"We are honored to work with Verizon Wireless in deploying its high-speed 3G network in the U.S.," said Steve Slattery, president/general manager, CDMA/TDMA, Wireless Networks, Nortel Networks.

"As an innovator in Wireless Data Networks, Nortel Networks offers CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technology that maximizes existing operator investments in infrastructure, is simple to deploy, and supports delivery of advanced wireless data applications that can help position operators to drive new revenues," Slattery said.

The Verizon Wireless deployment in San Diego will build on Nortel Networks leadership position and recent success in 1xEV-DO. Nortel Networks has designed, installed and launched CDMA networks for more than 65 operators in 17 countries. Nortel Networks has announced contracts to deploy 1xEV-DO for Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless in Taiwan (January 2003), for PT Wireless Indonesia (December 2002), and for Vesper in Brazil (October 2002).

Nortel Networks CDMA2000 1xEV-DO solution for Verizon Wireless includes Univity CDMA Metro Cell radio base stations equipped for 1xEV-DO, Univity Radio Network Controller and Element Management System, and related infrastructure. Building on market-leading CDMA2000 1X capabilities and experience, Nortel Networks CDMA2000 1xEV-DO solution is enabled through a simple upgrade to Univity CDMA Metro Cell base stations.

This Press Release Sponsored by AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES

TODAY'S PRESS RELEASES

During the GCF (Global Certification Forum) meeting held in London on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th March, Anritsu Corporation became the first company to obtain approval for 3GPP RF Test Cases as defined in the 3GPP Terminal Conformance Specification.

The LG200 is the world's first 3G network "stress tester." It brings real-world interface conditions into the lab. UbiNetics developed the system in response to demand from both infrastructure vendors and network operators as they ready their networks for commercial launch.

The new FOMA 3G mobile phone P2102V released last week by NTT DoCoMo has nearly sold out a Japanese paper has claimed. The sales are beleived to have reached approx. 9000 handsets.

SAGEM is now launching the myX-6, a multimedia mobile phone with built-in high quality digital camera. It’s the new way to share emotions, laughs. SAGEM myX-6 introduces a new mean of communication that erases distances and enables two people or more to see and live similar things while being in two different places.

Show off your fashion flair with the high-style Motorola E380 mobile phone. Combining stellar looks with exceptional functionality, the model E380 offers a vivid color screen, haptics, funlights and enhanced messaging features

Analog Devices announced a complete chipset solution -- from digital baseband through RF power amplifier --enabling wireless equipment suppliers to create next-generation handsets for the EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) standard.

New TDMA model makes its debut in Latin America. The phone features a 65,000-color TFT-LCD and 40 polyphonic ring tone. The company expects consumer preference to quickly change to color in Latin America.

Based on Microsoft's Smart Phone 2002 platform, MiTAC's Mio 8380 combines a tri-band GPRS mobile phone and its wide array of tightly integrated digital lifestyle-oriented features with a familiar user interface for easy accessibility.

In seperate notifications NTT DoCoMo and KPN Mobile announced they received a Funding Call Notice from Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Limited ( H3G UK ).

Unity Wireless, a provider of power amplifiers to the wireless industry, announced that it has established a full time presence in China, with the opening of an office in Shenzhen.

IIR Conferences, the world's leading conference organizer, today announced that its two flagship wireless conferences, The 2003 Mobile Americas Summit and The 2003 CDMA Americas Congress, will both take place in Miami, FL later this year.

3G has listed 66 of its press releases to show the history of 3G in the UK following the first 3G operator to commercially launch 3G in the UK. The ups and downs covering over 2 years - the management decisions which went well and some which went not so well. We are there ! Congratulations to Hutchison 3G and all the companies who supported them.

Microsoft, Sun, IBM, HP/Compaq and other IT leaders are positioning themselves as the next set of players to carry the baton in the race for the unwired enterprise.

Developed in Italy, Marconi's Access Hub (AXH2500) will aggregate UMTS traffic
from Wind's metropolitan network to its core national network, which is based on Marconi's Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) equipment.

School children will sit in their break and do it, businessmen and women will sit in an airport lounge and do it. People waiting for the bus, in a train, or waiting in a queue will do it. Almost everyone will be using their mobile phones for entertainment and games.