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Nortel Networks Completes Landmark Third Generation CDMA Calls
Bell Mobility, Sprint PCS Drive Test 1XRTT Voice Calls, Witness First Packet Data Sessions
Updated 3:34 PM ET March 30, 2000
OTTAWA, March 30 /CNW-PRN/ - Nortel Networks
NYSE/TSE:NT) has completed a series of landmark third
generation (3G) wireless calls, including the industry's first wireless packet data sessions using cdma2000 1XRTT.
Using a Unified Networks infrastructure solution from Nortel Networks and advanced cdma2000 terminals from Samsung, Nortel Networks completed 1XRTT voice calls this week in a live, over-the-air environment in an end-to-end technical trial of IS-2000 standard protocols.
Nortel Networks successfully demonstrated in-building, pedestrian and vehicular calls for representatives of Bell Mobility and Sprint PCS over a trial network installed in
conjunction with Bell Mobility in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean.
Bell Mobility and Sprint PCS also witnessed the first 1XRTT wireless packet data sessions, completed in Nortel Networks' Ottawa labs using Nortel Networks' Shasta
5000 Broadband Service Node to provide the Packet Data Serving Node functionality.
"This is an aggressive first step to rolling out true, enhanced Wireless Internet services to CDMA subscribers, and it allows Bell Mobility to stay ahead of the technology curve and lead in our marketplace," said Brian O'Shaughnessy, vice-president, wireless technology,
Bell Mobility.
"Nortel Networks and Samsung have achieved a significant milestone in the quest to bring more benefits, such as increased capacity and data speeds, to wireless providers and their customers who use CDMA technology," said Oliver Valente, vice-president, Technology and Advanced Systems Development, Sprint PCS.
"Nortel Networks is leading the charge to provide early delivery of commercial Wireless Internet service based on the cdma2000 1XRTT standard," said Dave Murashige,
vice-president, marketing, wireless, Nortel Networks. "We're committed to making Wireless Internet services successful on a timely basis. These demonstrations are strategic to our customers' success in this critical, rapidly emerging market."
Nortel Networks and Samsung have been working together since June 1999 to develop solutions for evolving wireless networks quickly and cost-effectively to 3G CDMA radio
technology. 1XRTT, the first phase of cdma2000, will support 144 kilobits per second packet data transmission and enable operators to effectively double voice capacity.
"With the tremendous growth of CDMA, our ability to bring the first 1XRTT terminal for testing and eventually to the market will help ensure the smooth delivery of third generation services," said Ki-Tae Lee, executive vice-president and chief executive officer,
Information and Telecommunications Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Nortel Networks has plans for a series of cdma2000 1XRTT trials with key customers in the US, Canada and Australia.
Nortel Networks is a global leader in telephony, data, eBusiness, and wireless solutions for the Internet. The Company had 1999 U.S. GAAP revenues of US$21.3 billion and serves carrier, service provider and enterprise customers globally. Today, Nortel Networks is creating a high-performance Internet that is more reliable and faster than ever before. It is redefining the economics and quality of networking and the Internet through Unified
Networks that promise a new era of collaboration, communications and commerce. Visit
us at www.nortelnetworks.com.
Contact: Olivier Le Friec, Nortel Networks, 33 1 39 44 38 95, olefriec@nortelnetworks.com; Jeff Ferry,
Nortel Networks 703-712-8528, jferry@nortelnetworks.com; Mark Buford, Nortel Networks,
972-684-8512, mbuford@nortelnetworks.com
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