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AT4 wireless, a leading wireless certification & testing laboratory, and Comsys Mobile, a leader in communication processors for 4G mobile devices, announced that they have completed Clearwire WiMAX™ iIOT (interim Inter-Operability Testing) of the ComMAX® CM1125 handset reference platform at AT4 wireless WiMAX labs in Herndon (Virginia), USA.
The ComMAX CM1125 is Comsys Mobile’s award-winning single-chip multimode mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE communication processor. Optimized for handsets and other hand-held devices, the CM1125 features exceptionally low power operation, a highly embedded PHY/MAC, and high vehicular speed support while providing co-existence support for WiMAX, GSM-EDGE, WLAN and Bluetooth®. The commercially available processor is supported by a complete handset reference design platform integrating solutions from multiple ComMAX ecosystem partners for accelerated time to market and reduced development costs.
AT4 wireless has been spearheading WiMAX IOT & certification testing, and leading mobile WiMAX™ service providers rely on AT4 wireless to carry out their interoperability testing.
“Completion of Clearwire WiMAX iIOT is an important milestone for us. It is the most challenging IOT, but we passed it with flying colors in excellent time, which attests to the integrity of our solution”, said Ehud Reshef, Director for WiMAX Product Marketing at Comsys Mobile. Mr Reshef continued: “We have always believed that the ComMAX® CM1125 is a unique addition to the mobile WiMAX ecosystem, and we are pleased that passing these tests will enable us to increase its implementation in the mobile WiMAX handset market.
“AT4 wireless is a globally recognized test facility for carrying out tests with the utmost efficiency according to the highest industry standards. We are delighted to have been selected by Comsys Mobile to perform these testing services in our laboratory” said Tim Caesar, Technical Director Laboratories Division in AT4 wireless in Herndon (Virginia).
In addition to WiMAX iIOT certification, the ComMAX CM1125 is currently completing GSM-EDGE testing at AT4 wireless laboratories in Malaga, Spain, with GSM-EDGE certification expected shortly.
Communications solution for remote communities
IET and AfricaCom shortlistings recognise global and regional importance of the Altobridge Remote Community Solution
Leading provider of cost-effective wireless solutions, Altobridge, has been shortlisted for two prestigious industry awards in recognition of its Remote Community Solution. This technology makes a powerful contribution to emerging market mobile network operators, enabling them to roll out profitable cellular services to small, remote user groups.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), has selected Altobridge as a finalist from 400 entries for its: Remote Community Solution - Delivering Cost-Effective Hybrid Satcom/Cellular Communications Solutions to Isolated Communities, in the Telecommunications category of the IET Innovation Awards 2009. The winners will be announced on 25 November at a gala dinner to be held in London at Lord's Cricket Ground.
The IET is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community and has more than 150,000 members in 127 countries. It provides a global knowledge network to facilitate the exchange of ideas and promote the positive role of science, engineering and technology in the world.
In the second shortlisting, the Altobridge Remote Community Solution has again been selected as a finalist in the ‘Best Cost Efficiency Solution for Africa’ category of the 2009 AfricaCom Awards. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony held in Cape Town on 11 November where 500 industry leaders will attend to celebrate the biggest achievers in the African telecoms industry. The Awards, in their second year, are organised by Informa Telecoms & Media as part of its Com World Series. It received a record 88 entries this year, of which 13 were in the Best Cost-Efficiency Solution category. This is the 12th AfricaCom Conference with over 3,500 telecoms participants.
The Altobridge Remote Community solution combines two of the company’s breakthrough technologies, Local Connectivity and its Split Architecture, together with a cost-effective remote base station. As a result, mobile network operators can benefit from the most operationally efficient communications solution for remote communities available today.
The Remote Community solution delivers cost-effective wireless services for communities with 50 to 500 subscribers in remote or hard-to-reach areas. It provides operators with the opportunity to switch locally in any network scenario, and the technology reduces the backhaul cost to levels below that of sites in the macro network.
The core of the Remote Community solution is the Split Architecture. In simple terms, the part of the BSC handling Radio Resource Management and all other communication with the BTS and the mobiles, has been moved out to the BTS site, while the part handling communication with the MSC/Media Gateway, is kept centrally. This split allows the BSC to manage the BTS and mobiles, without any signaling going back and forth over the backhaul link.
As the Split Architecture resides on either side of the satellite backhaul link, it is in full control of how and what is transferred over the link. In addition to just optimising the payload, by removing padding and silent frames, Altobridge’s Split Architecture transcodes the signal.
The transcoded signal requires 5-8 kbit/s per active voice channel, compared to 17-25 kbit/s required by competing solutions. In many areas of the world, the difference represents 4-5 US cents per minute, effectively an operator’s entire profit margin. Add to that the idle load and it becomes clear that Altobridge’s Remote Community solution is ideal for addressing small remote communities, profitably.
To further improve both business case and user experience the Remote Community solution includes Altobridge’s Local Connectivity technology, which handles all local calls locally. The company’s patented Local Connectivity functionality is unique in that call control, charging, supplementary service management and O&M remains in the control of the MSC.
The transparency ensures that the investment in optimising the central core network and service layer is protected and no expensive and complex distributed architecture is introduced. As Local Connectivity eliminates double satellite hops for local calls, users will also experience improved network quality. This usually leads to longer call holding times and, therefore, higher call revenues. • 13-10-09
Headquartered at Kerry Technology Park, Ireland and with regional offices in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia, USA and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Altobridge is a leading provider of telecommunications solutions that cut the cost of communications to, from and between wireless devices.
NEC Corporation (NEC) announced at the Mobile World Congress 2010 that it will build the first Norwegian femtocell network for Network Norway.
Network Norway will provide its enterprise customers with NEC’s femtocell access point to plug into their broadband router. In addition, NEC is providing Network Norway with the NEC femto gateway and access point management systems which can aggregate and connect thousands of access points to Network Norway’s core network.
Arild E. Hustad, chief executive officer, Network Norway said, “Our customers demand mobile services with excellent, stable quality. Poor indoor coverage has for a long time been an issue that needed to be solved. With NEC’s femtocell solutions we are now able to carry out a pilot to commercially and technically test state-of-the-art phone services solving the problem with indoor coverage, as well as a continuous, high-speed broadband service.”
NEC’s low-power femtocell access point will provide a dedicated 3G network indoors for personal use by Network Norway’s customers, eradicating the “no bar” coverage that mobile phone users experience within buildings. The dedicated coverage will enable Network Norway to offer those customers who have poor indoor coverage to access their favourite mobile media services on their handsets and 3G-enabled net books.
“Mobile operators are under constant pressure to offer a competitive service; femtocell is a way they can differentiate with the indoor five-bar coverage required to access capacity-intensive applications that consumers want,” said Fredrik Tumegard, CEO, NEC Scandinavia. “By providing a femtocell service to its customers Network Norway is leading where we believe other mobile operators will soon follow.” • 15-2-10
As the first half of 2009 comes to a close, WiMAX continues to make good progress with recent network launches, operator announcements and other industry developments. Last week, WiMAX solution's provider Alvarion announced its largest win to date - a $100M, 5 year deal with US service provider Open Range Communications to build a 4G network spanning 17 states and covering 546 communities. In addition, this week the company announced that it had been selected by Italian wireless internet service provider Aria to build a nation-wide 3.5GHz WiMAX network covering 21 regions. The market has apparently taken notice and while still down from the prior year, the announcements have helped drive the company's stock price up 50% in the past month.
In Russia, Icon Private Equity announced that it would invest USD 200M to establish a national WiMAX operator and plans to cover 20 million of the population by the end of 2009. Huawei Technologies was awarded a contract to supply equipment for the new network. The new operator will join Russian service providers Comstar and Yota that have recently launched WiMAX networks in the country.
Also this week, Intel and Nokia announced a partnership to develop a new class of mobile devices based on the Atom processor. Under the agreement, Intel would gain access to Nokia's 3G HSPA technology and Nokia would get the opportunity to develop products beyond its ARM chip architecture. The companies will also work together to make Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo mobile linux operating systems more compatible.
What impact would the announcement have on Intel's WiMAX strategy? Most likely little, if any. It is worth noting the announcement came from Intel's Ultra Mobility Group which is focused on developing platforms for smart phones and MIDs (mobile internet devices) and penetrating the mobility market has been their objective all along. To accomplish that goal, Intel needs additional connectivity options to compete with other handsets such as the iPhone and the Palm Pre that include 3G. • Carl Townsend (WiMAX.com) – 25-6-09Nokia and T-Mobile announced plans to promote together their respective offering for widgets, applications and other content to provide customers with easy access to a vast range of Internet services. The customer can browse and download widgets from both the T-Mobile widget gallery and Nokia's Ovi Store using T-Mobile's web'n'walk widget platform. The integrated marketplace will be available during the second half 2009 on mass market Nokia Series 40 platform based phones.
T-Mobile's web'n'walk widget platform will be supported on Series 40 based feature phones, the highest selling devices in Europe to date. A Java based widget client makes it possible for both offerings to co-exist.
This co-operation takes the new web'n'walk widget platform into the mass market and opens up the long tail of applications and services from Nokia's Ovi Store and T-Mobile's widget gallery.
"T-Mobile and Nokia share a joint vision of offering an unparalleled mobile Internet experience to its customers. The co-existence of our widget gallery with Nokia's Ovi Store ensures customers have access to an extensive range of interesting and relevant Internet services that they can customize according to their personal preferences," said Rainer Deutschmann, Senior Vice President, Mobile Internet at T-Mobile International.
T-Mobile's next release of web'n'walk featuring the new widget platform, announced today, brings customers even closer to their Internet. Launching in spring it will provide customers with fast access to their favourite Internet services through widgets and applications directly from their idle screen.
Nokia's Ovi Store, announced yesterday, will offer consumers relevant, targeted media through their social connections and their physical location information. Content providers, developers and the existing Forum Nokia developer ecosystem can sign up at publish.ovi.com to be the first to distribute their media through the Ovi Store. The generic Ovi Store service will be available in early May for consumers. The integrated marketplace with T-Mobile will be available during the second half of 2009. • 17-2-09
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