Dovado to offer 4G/LTE ready residential router
Dovado, a supplier of mobile broadband routers, has upgraded its product portfolio to support LTE USB modems, beginning with the Huawei E398 which is already being offered by LTE operators in Europe.
The company’s upgraded models 4GR and 3GN are currently being trialed by multinational mobile operators for immediate mass deployment. Both models contain four Ethernet LAN ports, a WAN port for DSL fail-over and the latest 802.11n WLAN standard.
According to Erik Arthur, CEO of Dovado, the emergence of 4G/LTE means that, for the first time ever, mobile operators can rapidly deliver a superior broadband experience at a lower cost than the bulk of fixed broadband alternatives. To suit the consumer needs of sharing these new Internet speeds, they have designed a firmware update which will allow their existing Dovado 4GR and 3GN router owners to migrate onto the 4G/LTE network. With a rapidly growing base of mobile broadband subscribers in the world, a technology such as 4G/LTE will be boosted tremendously, thanks to residential routers, just as DSL experienced nearly a decade ago. Subscribers want an always-on Internet connection which the entire household can benefit from.
Dovado currently supplies cellular enabled residential routers to mobile operators such as Hutchison (3) in Denmark and Sweden.
Hutchison 3G Austria modernizes its network for HSPA+ and LTE
Hutchison 3G Austria is modernizing its radio access network to be ready for HSPA+ and the next generation of mobile broadband, or LTE. At the same time this step will allow the operator to halve the energy consumption of its base stations. Nokia Siemens Networks will undertake this upgrade starting in autumn 2009.
The demand for increased mobile broadband capacity and throughput in Austria is reflected in the increasing usage of data cards and mobile services like Mobile TV, video download or video sharing,†said Berthold Thoma, CEO of Hutchison 3G Austria. Mobile broadband is also one of the most pragmatic solutions to bridging the digital gap between cities and rural areas. For rural areas, mobile broadband coverage is simply less expensive and faster to deploy than fiber to the home†solutions. We hope that with our nationwide coverage we will contribute significantly to this end.†(more…)
Twelve operators back low cost 3G handset project
The GSMA, the global trade association for mobile operators, has invited handset makers to submit proposals for a 3G mobile phone that can support advanced services, such as high-speed Internet browsing, mobile TV and instant messaging but costing significantly less than a low-end 3G handset today. Their proposals will be evaluated by the 12 operators – Cingular Wireless, Globe Telecom, Hutchison 3G, KTF, MTN, Orange, Smart, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, T-Mobile and Vodafone.
The GSMA says it believes the endorsement of the 12 operators will help the winning handset vendor achieve the economies of scale in manufacturing, logistics and marketing necessary to make 3G phones much more affordable. However once the GSMA has selected a supplier the resulting ‘3G for All’ handset will be made available to all GSMA operators.
We want 3G handsets, offering access to a rich suite of services, to become the default choice for people buying a new phone,??? said Craig Ehrlich, chairman of the GSMA and a board member of Hutchison Mobile Communications, which is sponsoring the project.
Over the next few months, the 12 operators will evaluate and score the proposals submitted by handset vendors against a number of criteria: functionality, usability, logistics, market acceptance, target price, service and support, strategic commitment and form factor. The handset with the highest score will be endorsed as the official ‘3G for All’ phone by the GSMA. The winning handset will be announced at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona in February 2007.
Source- http://www.itwire.com.au
