Clearnet Begins Phased Deployment of 3G-ready Lucent Technologies Wireless Network Infrastructure
Tuesday May 30 12:25pm
Source: PR Newswire
Lucent Modular Cell Supports CDMA2000(TM) High-Speed Data, Multimedia Services
SCARBOROUGH, ON, May 30 /CNW-PRN/ - To prepare its network for new services such as high-speed wireless Internet access and multimedia communications, Clearnet Communications Inc. (TSE: NET.A; NASDAQ: CLNT) today announced the installation of new Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) wireless equipment adhering to the new third generation (3G) CDMA2000 international standard.
Clearnet will use Lucent's new wireless base station as its main vehicle for expanding voice services to existing clients and to enhance upcoming wireless Internet services with data transmission rates faster than those available from the typical home Internet dial-up service.
"In coming months, Clearnet clients will be offered a suite of services that will allow them to easily customize interactive Internet information services, including personalized news, sports, banking and other financial information, and send and receive Internet information and e-mail directly to and from their phones," said George Cope, Clearnet's President and Chief Executive Officer. "With higher data rates, exciting new features such as online travel information and reservations, real-time airline flight status reports, online shopping and e-commerce will be made possible."
Clearnet PCS 3G Infrastructure
It is anticipated that the new Lucent base station, called the Flexent(TM) CDMA Modular Cell, will support Clearnet's infrastructure needs well into the future. The Modular Cell offers the ability to double voice capacity compared with today's base stations, and provides increased mobile data transmission rates of up to 144 kbps for 3G1x or 1xRTT, as specified for 3G wireless networks under the IMT-2000 blueprint of the International Telecommunication Union. Incorporating newly adopted enhancements of the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless standard, it is expected that the Modular Cell will assist Clearnet in preserving and extending the impact which it has already had on Canada's telecommunications landscape.
"We made a strategic decision to adopt CDMA as a technology platform, and with this base station we will gain the benefits inherent in the standard - graceful evolution to 3G services from the same platform and with incremental advances within the same spectrum," said Eros Spadotto, Clearnet's Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. "This base station product will allow us to respond to changing market needs and to unleash the power of the Internet with high-speed data services over convenient digital wireless connections."
"Clearnet PCS has always been at the leading edge of innovative mobile communications services" said Carol Stephenson, President of Lucent Canada. "We are delighted to be working with them on this joint effort to bring the benefits of the mobile Internet to their digital wireless clients."
About Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as optical and wireless networks; Internet infrastructure; communications software; communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at www.lucent.com. In Canada, Lucent is headquartered in Markham, Ontario and employs 850 people in major centres across the country. More information on Lucent Canada can be found at its Web site at www.lucent.ca.
About Clearnet
Clearnet is a leading Canadian wireless communications company that operates two state-of-the-art digital wireless networks, Clearnet PCS and The Mike Network. Clearnet now has more than 600,000 digital clients across Canada. Founded in 1984 and public since 1994, Clearnet is an independent Canadian controlled and managed company. For more information, please visit www.clearnet.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Some statements in this news release look forward in time and deal with other than historical or current facts. Such statements are qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations, including the risks associated with: new product launches, availability of new handsets and services, the cost and availability of infrastructure and other risk factors detailed in Clearnet's comprehensive public disclosure documents and other filings with securities commissions. Clearnet's actual future experience may differ substantially from the expectations described in such forward-looking statements.
Clearnet, Clearnet PCS, The Mike Network and www.clearnet.com are
trademarks of Clearnet Communications Inc.
Lucent and Flexent are trademarks of Lucent Technologies Inc.
CDMA2000 is a trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association
(TIA)
Source: Clearnet Communications Inc.
Contact: Media inquiries, Mark Langton, Clearnet, 416-684-3454, mlangton@clearnet.com; Lisa Daly, Lucent Technologies Canada, 905-943-5786, ldaly@lucent.com; Investor Inquiries, Robert Mitchell, Clearnet, 416-684-3219, investorrelations@clearnet.com
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