CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. and Global System for Mobile communications operator
Vodafone Ltd. announced a collaborative agreement to implement Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems
technology, a third-generation standard chosen by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
According
to the agreement, Motorola is prepared to provide subscriber terminal equipment for Vodafone’s UMTS field trials,
which are planned to take place near its headquarters in Newbury, United Kingdom. In addition, Motorola said it
expects to work with Vodafone to simulate UMTS network deployment using Motorola’s Static System Simulator. This
provides network dimensioning based on traffic data provided from Vodafone’s existing GSM cellular network in the
United Kingdom.
The wideband Code Division Multiple Access-based terminal devices are expected to be based on
NTT DoCoMo’s W-CDMA specification and are designed to provide capability for integrated Services Digital Network
and packet data at 94 kilobits per second as well as basic call functionality.
Motorola expects to deliver the initial
prototype units to Vodafone in June.
