Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Alvarion, Nokia Siemens and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, WiFi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.

Cellular

Sweden: L.M. Ericsson said it upgraded 3 Scandinavia’s HSPA network to support downlink speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps and uplink speeds of 1.4 Mbps.

Uruguay: Movistar chose L.M. Ericsson to be its sole supplier and network integrator for a W-CDMA/HSPA core and radio network.

WiMAX

Cayman Islands: Digicel Group has chosen Alvarion Ltd. to provide its 802.16e 4Motion Mobile WiMAX solution as part of the carrier’s first WiMAX launch.

India: Sequans Communications said Telsima is using its chips in its StarMAX product line that supports both 802.16-2004 fixed and 802.16e-2005 mobile WiMAX networks. The solution is being deployed now in India.

Miscellaneous

Israel: Nokia Siemens Networks said it has been chosen by Cellcom Israel to develop its Next Generation Network.

Spain: GigaBeam Corp. said it received its first purchase order for a WiFiber link from F2-Tel Ingenieria de Telecomunicacion. The links are being used by a Spanish university, said the company.

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