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Mobile & Wireless
Lucent Gets More Verizon Wireless Business
Vendor to Supply cdma2000 1xEV-DO Revision A Gear
by Jim Barthold
While hardly surprising, Lucent’s announcement that Verizon
Wireless will use its gear to upgrade its CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Rev. A capabilities, indicates that the huge wireless carrier is
continuing apace in its plans to upgrade its nationwide
network to higher speed broadband capabilities.
The deal calls for Lucent to supply “incremental hardware and
software upgrades to Verizon Wireless’ existing Lucent-
supplied base stations” – thus the reason it’s hardly
surprising news. These upgrades will let Verizon Wireless
introduce a range of new services that include push-to-talk,
messaging and VoIP.
Also not surprising: financial details are not being disclosed.
EV-DO Rev. A is considered by most mobile providers as their
entry into broadband with download speeds up to 3.1 Mbps
and uploads at 1.8 Mbps. It’s primarily important for VoIP
services.
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