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To: JGoren who wrote (18457)11/17/1998 9:58:00 PM
From: Ruffian  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
Nokia, GSM Capabilities Expanded> (might be old)



Nokia allows for more GSM users
Electronics Times

[ Nokia ] , the Finnish telecommunications group,
is launching a GSM capacity system to allow
mobile phone network operators to handle a
10-fold increase in subscriber numbers.

The system - which Nokia calls the biggest breakthrough in mobile phone
technology since GSM's launch in 1991 - will double switching capacity,
and, according to the company, cut networks' operating costs by up to half.

The backbone of the system comprises tiny four-transceiver base stations,
operating on the 58GHz band. The unregulated frequency has been a key
area of development for Nokia.

The line-up includes a compact mobile switching centre capable of handling
400,000 subscribers - twice the conventional number.

Nokia aims to sell the system from late next year into a GSM market it
hopes will be primed by surging user numbers and burgeoning mobile data
traffic.

The company predicts that subscriber numbers will hit one billion by 2005,
nearly four times current levels, and more than the number of fixed line users.
Nokia believes GSM usage will account for the bulk of the growth. But
heavy costs and limited spectrum will hamper the operators' ability merely to
roll out new capacity to meet demand.

(Copyright 1998)

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Publication Date: November 17, 1998
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