PARIS-Alcatel Corp. and Novatel Wireless Inc. announced that they have completed interoperability tests between Alcatel Evolium radio access infrastructure and Novatel Wireless’ Merlin U740 Wireless PC Card Modem, enabling mobile operators to launch High-Speed Downlink Packet Access services.
The companies said they will support a field introduction of Austrian wireless carrier tele.ring’s HSDPA field introduction, set to take place in Austria before the end of this year.
“Our association with Novatel Wireless will enable Alcatel to provide 3G operators with a fully interoperable, end-to-end HSDPA solution allowing them to offer, primarily to their corporate subscribers, new PC-based data-intensive services,” said Marc Rouanne, chief operating officer of Alcatel’s mobile communications activities. “The flexibility of Alcatel’s HSDPA solution, implying a software-only upgrade, will help us accelerate the availability of HSDPA for 3G subscribers worldwide.”
