Siemens AG said it has signed a contract to supply solutions that will enable China Unicom to bring video clips and songs to subscribers’ mobile phones. The carrier intends to offer the first video services to about 400,000 customers. Siemens will integrate its media streaming and download solution into Unicom’s CDMA network as well as other areas like video portal and charging system. “The solution is independent of the underlying network technology and supports all major second- and third-generation mobile standards, such as GSM, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA, TDMA, W-CDMA and CDMA2000,” said Siemens. “It allows videos and songs to be viewed online (streaming) or downloaded to the mobile phone in the form of a file.”
INDONESIA
Nokia Corp. said it won a contract to supply GSM equipment to expand the networks of carrier Indosat of Indonesia, covering East Java, Bali and South Central Java. Nokia will supply the GSM radio network, core network and cellular transmission equipment under the agreement. This will include Nokia’s mobile switching center, home location register and GPRS core, Flexihopper cellular transmission, Ultrasite base stations and base station Controller BSC3i. Nokia also said it is providing rollout planning and network optimization to enhance the network quality, implementation of both indoor and outdoor solutions, logistics services as well as training.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has partnered with Eurotel Praha spol to launch what it describes as the first CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network operating in the 450 MHz radio spectrum. Called Eurotel Data Express, the service was launched four months after the network was deployed across the country, according to the companies. Eastern European and Asian countries have taken the lead in deploying the technology in their transition from Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 analog service. The technology enables subscribers to enjoy both voice and data offerings.
