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Optus Australia has announced it’s coverage for 3G which has reached 85% of the total population.

“We are very pleased to announce we hit 85 per cent in terms of 3G availability across the country,” said Maha Krishnapillai, director of government and corporate affairs.

Last year January, the mobile operator was expanding it’s network to 96% of population by using a combo of 900MHz and 2,100MHz frequencies, which will cost an estimate of $500 million if the network were entirely rolled out at 2,100MHz.

In December it was confirmed, that the firm will use both frequencies, setting the cost at $500 million and appointing vendors as Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks for the roll-out.

In May this year, the operator has decided to go a step ahead, by investing an additional $315 million which in turn will allow the network to reach 98% of the population when completed, instead of the planned 96%. The deadline for completion has been moved to December 2009.

“For the first time we believe that we will be going head to head with Telstra,” Krishnapillai said of the coverage increase.

Optus will be having an upper hand over its key rival, as the population density in certain areas has changed since Telstra laid its network. “We have the luxury of putting our network in those places where the population centres are in 2008,” Krishnapillai said.

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Huawei Technologies and Alcatel- Lucent have won the CNY 27.9 billion worth CDMA equipment contracts from state-owned telecommunications operator China Telecom.
China Telecom has revealed the results of the bidding invitation for CDMA equipment, which was won by Huawei and ZTE. Both the firms won about 40% of the orders, followed by Alcatel-Lucent, with approximately 20%, sources reveal. Fujian Fujitsu Communication Software also got a part in the contract.

Mobile phone manufacturers are all bracing up to offer 3G enabled mobile phones at lowered prices. This is all due to cut throat competition among the mobile phone makers as the 3G service market is booming providing high-speed downloads of data, movies and videos.

The front runners in buying a stake in Huawei Technologies’ handset division for up to $2 billion are Silver Lake and Providence Equity Partners, Reuters reports. Sources say another possible buyer may be a consortium consisting of AEA Investors and General Atlantic. Huawei is likely looking for a U.S. partner to buy the majority stake because it’s been no secret that it’s wanted to expand here.

In May, rumors spread that Vodafone and AT&T may be interested in buying a stake in Huawei Technologies’ handset division for up to $2 billion. The logic was that the move by AT&T and Vodafone was defensive as handset makers like Nokia were starting to get into the services business.

 

Telegeography writes…Chinese manufacturer Huawei Technologies yesterday won a deal to extend CAT Telecom’s fibre-optic network in western, central and northern areas of Thailand. Huawei’s lowest winning bid was THB484.5 million (USD13.7 million), compared to the reference price of THB605 million. State-owned CAT is carrying out a two-year project to cover the entire country with a THB1.88 billion fibre-optic network.

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MobileEurope writes…Huawei Technologies and Netherlands operator KPN Mobile have announced that Huawei’s circuit and packet switched network equipment has been successfully introduced into KPN Mobile’s network.

Huawei’s mobile softswitch product was selected to expand the capacity of the core network in the Circuit Switched (CS) domain, while adhering to KPN Mobile’s stringent requirements. It is a key part of KPN Mobile’s strategy is to deliver service to customers through shared radio and core network infrastructure. This is the first commercial deployment of all-IP mobile softswitch network architecture in Europe.

In the Packet Switched (PS) domain, Huawei’s high-capacity 2G/3G SGSN is currently carrying KPN Mobile’s 2G PS traffic, and 3G traffic will be migrated to this equipment in the next few months. Huawei’s Gateway GPRS Support Nodes (GGSN) will also be introduced into KPN Mobile’s network in the next few months. The deployment of Huawei’s PS equipment will provide KPN with an advanced, high-capacity network onto which next generation IP based services can be deployed with greater flexibility.

“We are very happy that the project to replace KPN Mobiles core network with the future proof Huawei core network is well on track. Huawei has shown their ability to supply European tier one operators and deliver in time a network with outstanding QoS performance that will benefit KPN and Telfort’s end customers. We are very pleased to see that the KPN Mobile network is now ready for the future, mainly based on the efficient IP protocol.”said Sietse Sijperda, CTO of KPN Mobile.

Mr. Victor Chen, General Manager of Huawei’s representative office in The Netherlands, said: “The successful deployment of Huawei’s CS and PS equipment into KPN’s commercial network is of great significance to Huawei. This implementation once again attests to the excellent quality of our core network products, our strong delivery capability, and leading operators such as KPN Mobile’s trust in Huawei as a mobile network equipment supplier.”

Huawei’s mobile softswitch is renowned for its reliability and stability. Huawei is the first company that introduced the mobile softswitch solution for commercial use. To date, Huawei’s mobile softswitch solution serves more than 170 million subscribers worldwide and has the largest market share in new mobile softswitch sales. Huawei also pioneered the integrated 2G/3G PS product, which is currently deployed in more than 40 countries for over 55 million subscribers.

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Chinese manufacturer Huawei Technologies says it has installed circuit and packet switched network equipment on KPN Mobile’s network. Huawei’s mobile softswitch solution will enable the cellco to increase capacity on the core network and is being billed as the first commercial deployment of all-IP mobile softswitch network architecture in Europe. The Chinese vendor’s high-capacity 2G/3G SGSN is carrying KPN Mobile’s 2G PS traffic, while 3G traffic is scheduled to be migrated to the new platform within the next few months.

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Telecom Italia has selected Huawei Technologies of China as a supplier of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology. The Chinese vendor has been awarded contracts for the supply of optical transport technology, ZDNet reports. Huawei has also recently won transport deals with BT in the UK and KPN of the Netherlands.

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Chinese telecom equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has won a contract to supply BSNL with optical networking gear. Under the agreement Huawei will provide its STM-64 (10Gbps) next generation solution to BSNL. The size of the deal has not been disclosed. As it stands, BSNL owns one of the largest fibre-optic networks in the world, extending over 640,000km across the sub-continent.

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Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd (“Huawei�), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, has announced it has been selected by Telecom Italia to carry out Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology projects. The first Chinese telecommunication equipment supplier selected for Italian telecom programs, Huawei was awarded the contract to supply optical transport technology after the company has undergone Telecom Italia’s stringent evaluation process.

In addition to Telecom Italia, Huawei‘s other successful partnerships with European mainstream operators include British Telecom, where Huawei is a preferred vendor in the transport and MSAN domain for its 21CN program; and a CWDM/DWDM project for Dutch operator, KPN, in which Huawei is the exclusive vendor..

“We are excited to be part of Telecom Italia’s rollout plan for WDM optical metropolitan networks,� said Mr. Qiao Xiaoping, managing director of Huawei Italy. �Although Huawei and Telecom Italia are working together in the optical transport domain for the first time, Huawei’s leading technology in optical network,  rich experience in commercial development of equipment and rapid response will allow us to provide high-value, customer-focused solutions .�

Huawei’s Metro WDM products provide abundant interfaces, which can support services access and aggregation with multiple data transfer rates and different protocols. The unique GE ADM technology guarantees the flexible grooming of GE service on WDM network, and saves wavelength and fiber resources. Based on the company’s leading-edge technologies and experience in commercial application of products worldwide, Huawei Metro WDM solution has become a popular choice for constructing an efficient transport network for IP DSLAM, IPTV, and GE VPN, which is widely deployed in over ten countries and regions.

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