Nortel Opens Center of Excellence - WiMAX 4G Ecosystem

Nortel announced the opening of its Center of Excellence - WiMAX 4G Ecosystem in Taipei
to promote interoperability across WiMAX devices and applications for global customers, helping to speed up the deployment of WiMAX technology throughout the world.
The new Center of Excellence will support field testing and demonstrations of a wide range of high-bandwidth multimedia applications such as VoIP, video streaming, IPTV, Digital Video Recorder and the transmission of data between WiMAX, Wi-Fi and 3G platforms when using PDAs, laptop computers and Wi-Fi handsets. Testing WiMAX customer premise equipment for interoperability will be a key test focus in the new center.
By delivering enhanced WiMAX technology interoperability, Nortel is making it easier for service providers to reduce costs while delivering next-generation services for anywhere, anytime voice, video and multimedia collaboration. As a pioneer in OFDM and MIMO technologies, Nortel is a leader in the development of 4G solutions designed to meet the challenges of an increasingly hyperconnected world, where anything that can be connected to the network will be. Hyperconnectivity encompasses person-to-person, person-to-machine and machine-to-machine communication.
"With many years of experience developing WiMAX technology, Nortel understands the sophisticated needs and requirements of deployment. The new Center of Excellence is designed to serve as an end-to-end resource for the global telecommunication industry, combining Nortel and third-party expertise, innovation, interoperability and collaboration," said Stone Tseng, vice president, WiMAX 4G Ecosystem, Nortel. "Nortel chose Taiwan to establish its Center of Excellence - WiMAX 4G Ecosystem because the majority of the world's networking and communications devices are designed and manufactured in Taiwan. Nortel is also collaborating with the Taiwan government to roll out the 'M-Taiwan' initiative which enhances Taiwan's leadership position in driving WiMAX developments."
Nortel's Center of Excellence - WiMAX 4G Ecosystem complements Nortel's Center of Excellence for WiMAX Devices, which opened in May last year in Taiwan. The new Center further drives the developments of WiMAX by connecting different vendors and manufacturers who are able to share knowledge and improve products and technologies. Nortel previously collaborated with National Taiwan University to conduct WiMAX broadband service trials that focused on the interoperability testing of wireless devices and multimedia applications. Nortel also recently announced a second WiMAX contract deployment with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom.
Nortel is a member of the WiMAX Forum, an industry organization that promotes the interoperability and certification of wireless products for the delivery of faster, more affordable data, voice and video services. Nortel owns dozens of patents in the technologies underlying the WiMAX standard, and the Company's eight years of work in OFDM/MIMO technology has culminated with much of its patented technology being accepted as the basis for the global WiMAX industry standard.

Source : 4g.co.uk

Nortel Accelerates 4G Strategy to Bring Both WiMAX and LTE to Market Faster

Nortel is aligning its 4G wireless broadband strategy to address early market opportunities that are emerging for WiMAX and LTE. As part of this strategy, Nortel is focusing its main wireless R&D resources on 4G LTE and wireless applications, with WiMAX development re-aligning around the strategic agreement announced today with Alvarion. This enables Nortel to achieve faster time-to-market with WiMAX, at a lower cost, while accelerating LTE development to meet a demand that is emerging faster than the industry originally predicted.
"The increasing demand for mobile data with the advent of USB dongles, embedded laptops, and smartphones built on the iPhone model is driving traffic far faster than operators had anticipated," said Dr. Phil Marshall, vice president, Yankee Group. "Operators have realized that they need to get to 4G faster than originally anticipated. Major players such as China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo and Verizon have announced aggressive plans to roll out LTE, which we believe is the tip of the iceberg. The WiMAX market also continues to be very dynamic, with the underserved broadband markets and disruptive wireless operators in mature markets rapidly emerging as key market segments for that technology."
"Nortel is targeting its 4G portfolio to capitalize on the rapidly growing market opportunities associated with wireless broadband - and to help operators meet these needs quickly," said Richard Lowe, president, Carrier Networks, Nortel. "WiMAX will provide fast, cost-effective coverage and mobile broadband capabilities for early movers in the wireless broadband market. LTE will provide the high-speed, high-capacity mobile broadband network evolution sought by many established network operators, allowing them to offer not only faster connections but also an enriched user experience that includes real-time services such as mobile TV, web services, mobile advertising, and carrier-hosted services for businesses."
"Both WiMAX and LTE represent game-changing opportunities for Nortel because they require advances in network speed and capacity that Nortel knows how to deliver," continued Lowe.
The Nortel and Alvarion strategic agreement will form a complete, end-to-end WiMAX solution for each company's customers around the world, combining Alvarion's WiMAX access platform with Nortel's strength in all-IP network core technologies, backhaul, developing applications for carriers, such as VoIP and unified communications, and end-to-end lifecycle support through Nortel Global Services for WiMAX.
Nortel has appointed Scott Wickware as the general manager of WiMAX to drive Nortel's contributions to this strategic collaboration, including integration of these applications which will allow users to take advantage of the pervasive bandwidth offered by WiMAX while providing a simple communications experience.
"As the level of Hyperconnectivity increases around the world, more and more connected devices are driving increased traffic on wireless networks and users expect mobile communications to offer the same speed and capabilities as wireline connections," said Wickware. "The Nortel and Alvarion joint WiMAX solution will make business simple for WiMAX operators by providing a solution that recognizes and delivers on today's market needs for fast broadband coverage that is cost-effective and simple to deploy, while evolving to meet the ever-increasing demands for mobile connectivity."

Source : 4g.co.uk

World' s First 4G / 3G LTE Commercial Contract

Huawei Technologies announced that it has been chosen by TeliaSonera, the largest telecoms operator in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries, to supply the world' s first commercial 4G/LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, in Oslo, Norway. Huawei will, together with TeliaSonera, raise mobile broadband speeds significantly by dramatically improving quality and capacity with Huawei' s advanced LTE solution. Inset shows a 3G LTE demonstartion by Huawei recently.
Under the agreement, Huawei provides an environmentally friendly end-to-end LTE solution including LTE base stations, core network and OSS (Operating Support System) covering Oslo. Huawei also provides services including network design, implementation, systems integration and support.
The contract marks a significant step in TeliaSonera' s evolution to the next generation network. Thanks to Huawei' s 4th Generation Base Station platform, the Huawei LTE solution provides an All-IP, high speed, low latency and high frequency efficiency mobile network. LTE technology will deliver new mobile data rates, which will enable TeliaSonera to introduce the fastest mobile broadband experience to their customers.
Mr. Lars Klasson, Senior Vice President and CTO Business Area Mobility Services of TeliaSonera says, "Our customers will enjoy 4G with high-speed and high-quality mobility communications already in 2010. We have chosen Huawei as our partner based on their strong focus on LTE development and early deployment capabilities, as well as Huawei' s impressive and proven worldwide track record in advanced mobile technology."
"We are excited to help TeliaSonera to construct the world' s first commercial LTE network", says Chengdong Yu, President of Huawei European region. "Huawei always focuses on addressing the challenges of operators and the needs of its customers. With our leading LTE technology, we are confident to provide TeliaSonera with winning solutions for their businesses and help them provide the fastest mobile broadband experience for their customers."

Source : 4g.co.uk