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HSDPA Network roll out in Canada by two CDMA operators using NSN equipment |
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Bell Canada and Telus Corporation upgrading to a next-generation wireless HSDPA network that will allow the companies to provide the same popular mobile devices, such as the iPhone 3G, that industry leader Rogers Communications offers. The network will allow companies to offer latest Google mobile phones based on the Android mobile application platform that is free to the mobile phone makers.
Bell and Telus will share the costs of upgrading from their current code division multiple access (CDMA) networks to the globally adopted high speed packet access (HSPA) network.
The announcement put pressure on Rogers and not just because its two entrenched competitors will be able to offer a similar high-speed network. As well, new wireless companies may now choose to negotiate with Bell or Telus for roaming agreements, giving the two incumbent telco comopanies a revenue boost.
The new network will allow the companies to support such popular mobile devices as Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G and Research In Motion Ltd.'s Black-Berry Bold, which are already offered by Rogers but so far unavailable to Bell and Telus customers due to incompatible networks.
Nokia Siemens Networks, one of the largest telecommunication-equipment makers in the world, is said to be the vendor that will provide Bell Canada and Telus with the HSPA network upgrade.
Sources said Bell and Telus won't offer so-called "2G" GSM devices to avoid their customers paying roaming charges that would eventually go to Rogers, the only wireless provider in Canada with a GSM network.
Genuity Capital Markets equity analyst Dvai Ghose said avoiding a GSM network build-out will help the companies save capital expenditure costs while being able to tap into the "plethora" of new HSPA devices that will become available to cellphone users in the next year.
"It may not be an immediate reason to do it for the cost savings, but there's a more immediate reason to do it for the iconic devices," Mr. Ghose said.
Representatives from Bell Canada and Telus declined to comment on the possibility of a unified network upgrade.
The timing of the network announcement may be no accident.
This Wednesday will be the due date that wireless companies will have to pay Industry Canada after the conclusion of Ottawa's spectrum auction in July.
After more than one month of bidding by 15 companies, several new potential cellphone companies emerged, among them Quebecor Inc., Shaw Communications Inc., Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises (DAVE) Wireless Inc. and Globalive Communications Corp., which appears positioned to become Canada's next national wireless carrier.
According to Industry Canada, to encourage competition in the $14-billion industry, any new entrant will be allowed to roam on an incumbent operator's network for five yefars while building out its own infrastructure.
Although the new entrants have not released details of their cellphone businesses, analysts say DAVE Wireless and Globalive have stated their wish to pursue a low-cost voice-centric model to appeal to the roughly one-third of Canadians who do not have cellphones.
"If you want any of the new entrants' roaming revenue, you pretty much have to be on HSPA," Mr. Ghose said. "This is important in the near to medium term [for Bell and Telus] to offset the loss of market share they will have."
However, telecom consultant Iain Grant of the Seaboard Group disagreed. He said wireless companies focusing on voice packages, not data, will not necessarily need an HSPA network to roam on.
By Marco Sangria (Source: http://www.wirelesspedia.com/show/company/Nokia_Siemens_Networks/1774.html)
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| 25/09/2008 |
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Wireless social networking integrated on mobile phones
With social media now one of the big mobile drivers, Hutchison has set out to attract mobile socialites by integrating social media features right into the wireless handset. The handset, which is available exclusively in the UK from mobile operator 3, integrates Facebook, Skype, Windows Live Messenger and Last.fm.
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Canadian media company Quebecor to spend $1 billion on HSDPA wireless networks
Quebecor Inc. says its Quebec-wide cellular service will be ready in 12 to 18 months, and will offer "the best service at the best price" to customers. The company, which owns cable provider Videotron, said it will spend up to $1 billion over four years to build the wireless network.
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Free Wireless Broadband Services in US, will other countries follow?
Test results released by the Federal Communications Commission suggest the proposed free wireless broadband in the 2155 to 2175MHz band would not interfere with T-Mobile's adjacent 3G WCDMA mobile networks. The study clears the way for the FCC to set rules for a spectrum auction requiring the winning bidder to provide a free wireless broadband services to 50 percent of the United States in four years and 95 percent of the country within 10 years.
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Google Introduces an iPhone Rival on the T-Mobile wireless network
Google and T-Mobile unveiled their answer to the iPhone on Tuesday, pulling the wraps off a slick mobile device that combines a touch screen and a keyboard and is aimed at putting the Internet in the pockets of millions of cell phone users.
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Mobile application platform Android launched by Google
Google launches the first mobile phone using Android mobile platform. It features touch screen navigation capabilities similar to iPhone and ability to use phone menu keys found on Blackberry mobile devices.
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