Bell and Telus, Canadian Operators are planning to invest in nationwide HSPA coverage. According to Bell, they will continue to expand and enhance its national 3G CDMA EVDO service, and will also overlay this network with HSPA technology. Customers of Bell can select between EVDO and HSPA. Simultaneously, overlaying HSPA on its national network will offer Bell an efficient upgrade path to the 4G LTE broadband standard in coming years. Nokia Siemens Network and Huawei has been chosen by Bell as infrastructure providers for its national network overlay. Telus said that it plans to launch its HSPA service nationwide by early 2010. Even Telus has also selected Nokia Siemens Network and Huawei to provide the equipment for its new mobile network. With the new network capability, almost all major mobile handsets and devices could be available to Telus, spanning HSPA, CDMA and iDEN networks.
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Bell & Telus plan to invest in HSPA networks (Canada)
- October 13th, 2008
- 11:41 am
BSNL’s EVDO offers 3G services (India)
- August 4th, 2008
- 5:00 am
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) Evolution data Optimized is offering third generation (3G) services, Department of Telecom (DoT) confirmed. Its been more than a year, BSNL has been providing 2.4 Mbps EVDO service in selected locations of the country. This service has started even before the Government announced its policy for 3G spectrum allocation.
Commission Siddhartha Behura told that public sector units such as BSNL and Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited (MTNL) are incumbents and they needed government’s support and concession to take on big players.
However, Kuldeep Goyal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of BSNL, refuted Behrua’s claim and said the EVDO service falls under the 2.5G category. “EVDO is certainly 3G, as it has been standardized by 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) as part of the CDMA2000 family of standards,” according to Atul Chitnis, Senior Vice-President of Geodesic Information Systems Limited.
Coming soon to USA : Samsung SCH-i760
- July 13th, 2007
- 8:53 am
It will be available only on CDMA EVDO network of Verizon Wireless, but since this wireless carrier has good coverage and good unlimited data plans, this phone may be an interesting proposition… and already first official information from Verizon Wireless is available about it!
Some highlights about this phone:
* support CMDA EVDO for wireless broadband speeds
* has no Wi-Fi
* memory card slot: microSD (visible in photos)
* small size
* powered by Windows Mobile 6
* not to be confused with Samsung SGH-i760 that is for GSM / UMTS / HSDPA networks and has slide-out QWERTY keyboard too but it slides-out in portrait mode not in vertical mode
Qwest launches mobile broadband service via Sprint network
- May 23rd, 2007
- 9:16 am
US telecommunications operator Qwest is offering a new mobile broadband service through evolution data optimized (EVDO) technology using the US-wide network of US mobile operator Sprint. With a Qwest Wireless Mobile Broadband access card inserted in a laptop computer, and a subscription to one of three Qwest Wireless Mobile Broadband plans, customers can now connect to the internet at broadband-like speeds. Qwest Mobile Broadband customers can choose one of three plans based on their megabit (MB) upload and download needs: 500 MB per month, 600 MB per month, or the “Unlimited” plan. Monthly plan prices start at USD 69.99 per month, plus USD 49.99 for the Qwest Mobile Broadband Card with a two-year commitment.
