ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-A Russian operator has begun a trial of CDMA2000 1X technology at 450 MHz using equipment from Nortel Networks Ltd.
The trial is being conducted in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city, by UralWestcom, a joint venture between Russian Telecommunications Development Corp. and Ural Svyza Inform. The trial should be complete in the fourth quarter, Nortel said.
The companies plan to demonstrate Internet browsing, e-mail, virtual private networking, multimedia messaging and other services.
Several Russian operators, including Delta Telecom, offer commercial CDMA 450 MHz services.
