ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has begun deployments of a Brazilian cdma2000 1x contract it signed in June 2001 with BrasilCel, the joint venture between Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Portugal in Brazil. The network equipment implementation should be completed in February.
The Brazilian operator, which acquired Tele Centro Oeste (TCO) earlier this month, now has a near-nationwide footprint. Chief Executive Officer Francisco Padinha said the operator has seen an increase in high-speed data revenues of 400 percent during the last six months and cited pressure from corporate clients requesting increased coverage and more applications.
The network is currently being deployed in the regions of Campinas, Indaiatuba in the state of Sao Paulo and Curitiba in the state of Parana.
