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Huawei Technologies announced that Huawei has been selected as the premier supplier to provide its customized and cost-effective Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) equipment for China Mobile, the largest mobile operator in China. This is the first commercial mobile operator WLAN system launched in the world, which will be integrated into the incumbent GPRS network of China Mobile.

In this contracted project, Huawei is the sole provider for the Authentication Server (AS) equipment and will deliver most of the other equipment for the WLAN system, such as Access Controller (AC) and Access Point (AP). The capacity for the WLAN system is about 350,000 subscribers.

The WLAN technology has recently been used more and more at homes, at offices and in public indoor areas, such as airport lounges, hotels and conference centers. It enables broadband wireless public access to the Internet and corporate Intranets with less investment, compared with wired access approach. The conventional WLAN, however, has some disadvantages, such as poor coverage and lack of roaming agreements.

Unlike the traditional solution, Huawei's WLAN is specially tailored for mobile operators and can be easily integrated with the existing GPRS and CDMA2000 networks. It combines the benefits of the second- and third-generation mobile systems, including unlimited roaming and mobility, with additional throughput and capacity in indoor hotspots. Huawei WLAN can share the authentication, security protection and billing functionality with the existing mobile networks, which WLAN is attached to. Also, it is fully compatible with the conventional WLAN solution. In the near future, the mainstream WLAN specification, i.e. 802.11a, will provide a data capacity of up to 54Mbps.Huawei's WLAN solution will evolve to support the WLAN-WCDMA integrated specification drawn up by 3GPP.

"WLAN is a complementary service offering for mobile operators,"said Ms. Yu Xiangping, Director of International Marketing Division for Mobile Products at Huawei Technologies. "Featuring the fastest wireless indoor data access up to 11 Mbit/s, WLAN will undoubtedly be a strong attraction for business people and company executives. Huawei mobile mode WLAN solution will help the mobile operators gain more high-end subscribers, generate new revenue streams and enhance their customer loyalty."