KARACHI, Pakistan, and RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. made two CDMA2000 1x-related announcements.
In Brazil, Lucent said VIVO, the country’s largest wireless carrier, will launch a 1x EV-DO network trial in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo using Lucent gear. Lucent will upgrade 120 base stations to support the 1x EV-DO network, which will offer select business customers secure mobile data access at speeds of up to 2.4 megabits per second.
In Pakistan, Lucent will supply TeleCard, a wireless local loop operator, with a CDMA 1x network expansion and upgrade. Lucent will supply up to 1 million 1x lines and enable the introduction of services using 1x EV-DO technology.
The values of the agreements were not disclosed.
