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UTStarcom Announces Contract for MovingMedia 2000 All-IP CDMA Solution With Movicel in Angola
Monday November 15, 9:05 am ET
All-IP Solution Enables Transmissions Savings of Approximately 98 Percent When Compared With Traditional TDM Approach
# ALAMEDA, Calif., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UTStarcom, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTSI - News), a global leader in IP access networking and services, today announced the deployment of its MovingMedia 2000 all-IP network solution with Movicel Telecomunicacoes LDA (Movicel), a fully owned subsidiary of Angola Telecom. With more than 200,000 subscribers in Angola, Angola Telecom is the largest CDMA cellular operator in Africa and the leader in innovation and quality of services in Angola.(Photo: NewsCom: newscom.com )
"Thanks to UTStarcom's MovingMedia 2000 solution, Movicel can now expand its CDMA2000-1x network and services countrywide with a next-generation, all-IP CDMA system that can offer high-quality cellular service via satellite to subscribers in 13 provinces in Angola that we could not previously reach," said Jose Luis De Lara, chief technical officer of Movicel. "We researched many different solutions for this challenging deployment and found that UTStarcom's MovingMedia 2000 was the only CDMA solution on the market today that could cost effectively build our nationwide network, making efficient use of the scarce transmission resources to connect to these remote areas of Angola."
The initial phase of the deployment with Movicel will consist of rolling out network equipment to provide CDMA voice, data access, SMS, and international roaming to approximately 120,000 subscribers at 32 remote sites in eight provinces in Angola. The operator plans to expand the subscriber capacity and coverage area of the network significantly over the next several years in hopes of reaching more than one million subscribers by 2007.
"Our MovingMedia 2000 solution provides operators with a complete, end-to-end, all-IP CDMA network that can be transmitted over any access technology, be it copper, fiber, microwave, optical, or satellite," said Jack Mar, president of CDMA division at UTStarcom. "Because of our solution's unique approach to local switching, operators can realize significant savings related to transmission backhaul costs on an annual basis that will speed their return on investment in our technology."
About MovingMedia 2000
As a leading vendor of CDMA technology, UTStarcom's MovingMedia 2000 provides wireless operators with a complete, all-IP solution to reap the multiple advantages of 3G networks. The solution is designed to offer a smooth migration path for CDMA2000-based providers, allowing them to utilize emerging technologies such as CDMA2000 1XEV-DV as they become available. The system is backwards compatible with CDMA 2G (IS-95) technology. Moreover, all solution components are standards based, providing complete interoperability with other standards-based products and allowing wireless operators to preserve their existing equipment investment.
The MovingMedia 2000 solution leverages market-proven technologies and UTStarcom's extensive experience in building IP equipment and deploying IP networks. The MovingMedia 2000 product suite utilizes UTStarcom's distributed softswitch architecture for switching, transport, signaling, and call control. The MovingMedia 2000 product line includes a comprehensive suite of RF network elements, including base stations (BTS) and base station controllers (BSC), wireless softswitch components, and core data network components, including the packet data server node (PDSN) and home agent (HA).
About UTStarcom, Inc.
UTStarcom is a global leader in IP access networking solutions and international service and support. The company sells its wireline, wireless, optical and switching solutions to operators in both fast growth and established telecommunications markets around the world. UTStarcom enables its customers to rapidly deploy revenue-generating access services using their existing infrastructure, while providing a migration path to cost-efficient end-to-end IP networks. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Alameda, California, the company has research and design operations in New Jersey, China, and India. UTStarcom is a FORTUNE 1000 company.
For more information about UTStarcom, visit the company's Web site at www.utstar.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
The foregoing statements regarding, without limitation, the ability of Movicel to expand, in a cost-efficient manner, its provision of high-quality cellular services on a national basis in Angola, the ability of Movicel to reach more than one million subscribers by 2007 and the likelihood that MovingMedia 2000 will allow operators to achieve significant cost savings are forward-looking in nature and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These factors include rapidly changing technology, the changing nature of the telecommunications market in general and the market for Angola in particular, the possibility of slower than expected growth in the telecommunications market, evolving product and application standards, changes or delays in product introductions and deployments, possible downturns in the Angolan market, the termination of significant contracts, partnerships or alliances, and other uncertainties, such as changes in government regulation and licensing requirements in relevant markets. UTStarcom also refers readers to the risk factors identified in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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