VIVO Pioneers 3G in Brazil

Brazil : VIVO, the largest mobile operator in the South Hemisphere, has expanded its 3G wireless broadband network in the North, South, and Center-West regions of Brazil using solutions from Nortel.

VIVO has deployed Nortel CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless broadband solutions designed to allow VIVO to deliver high-speed advanced voice, video and multimedia data services like Web browsing, streaming audio and video, multimedia messaging, wireless gaming, and VPNs.

VIVO has also deployed a NortelCDMA Packet MSC wireless softswitching solution designed to improve the quality of voice services and reduce costs associated with voice transport by migrating circuit-based voice traffic to high-speed packet for more efficient IP routing. This solution also lays the foundation for future, real-time multimedia services delivery using the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) standard.

"VIVO strives to ensure its subscribers have access to the world's most advanced wireless voice and data services for both business and personal use," said Javier Rodriguez, vice president, Technology, VIVO. "We are making mobile telephony history in Brazil. For example in July of this year, we started transmitting TV over mobile handsets. Through our relationship with Nortel, VIVO can rely on a depth of experience in advanced technologies that will help us deliver cost-effective services with the flexibility to meet future demand."

"Nortel is helping VIVO to launch a new era of mobile communications in Brazil," said Rodrigo Abreu, president, Nortel Brazil. "Our CDMA wireless infrastructure solutions are designed to boost network capacity, create efficiencies that can help reduce operating costs, and help deliver advanced voice and data services that subscribers desire."

Nortel supplies EV-DO equipment to 13 of the 22 operators across the globe currently offering commercial EV-DO service. Nortel CDMA equipment is designed to support EV-DO through simple upgrades to existing hardware.

Nortel's CDMA Packet MSC is a proven, turnkey, packet-based wireless switching solution that helps operators to gracefully transition to an all IP network capable of offering simultaneous voice, video and data 'anytime, anywhere.' Nortel's Packet MSC combines the company's leadership and expertise in both CDMA and VoIP technology to deliver a best-in-class wireless IP solution to operators.

Nortel has designed, installed and launched more than 300 wireless networks in over 70 countries. Nortel was the industry's first supplier with wireless networks operating in all advanced radio technologies and is the only end-to-end provider of all next generation wireless solutions.

About VIVO

VIVO, a joint venture between Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom, is the largest mobile service provider in the Southern Hemisphere and the tenth largest in the world, with more than 28 million subscribers. The company is the leader in both the consumer and the corporate segment, to which it provides solutions through its VIVO Enterprise business unit.

VIVO's competitive differential is CDMA -- the technology that is the basis for the third generation of mobile services worldwide, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) -- as well as the footprint and the modern and innovative nature of the voice and data services it provides like broadband mobile Internet access, video streaming and other kinds of online communications. For more information on VIVO, visit the company's Web site at http://www.vivo.com.br.

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