Agilent Technologies' New and Enhanced Solutions for Wireless Service Providers Reduce 2.5G and 3G Deployment Costs.Business Editors/High Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2002 New Base Station Test Set is Most Comprehensive, Single-Box Tester on the Market Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today introduced solutions that will directly address wireless service providers' urgent need to reduce operational expenditures as they deploy 2.5G and 3G wireless networks. The new solutions, including a Base Station Test Set that is the most comprehensive, single-box base station tester on the market, are designed to significantly improve the productivity of technicians and RF engineers. Wireless service providers can use the solutions to increase the efficiency and speed of planning, deploying, maintaining and optimizing their wireless networks, such as cdma2000, GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. , GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. , and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. . The new solutions include the following: -- Agilent Base Station Test Set, which is the most comprehensive one-box tester available today for deploying and maintaining wireless base stations. Now technicians will no longer need to carry, manage and learn multiple test sets to perform base station maintenance. This portable, easy-to-use solution combines the most highly utilized BTS tools into a single box that technicians can use for daily maintenance. By consolidating the most frequently used tools, the solution dramatically increases technician productivity and helps reduce training costs and the time and expense of commissioning and maintaining new base stations. The test set is field-rugged for all testing environments and supports cdmaOne, cdma2000, TDMA and analog systems, GSM and UMTS base stations. -- Agilent Wireless Network Optimization Platform, a comprehensive system that enables service providers and equipment manufacturers to optimize all major 2G, 2.5G and 3G networks quickly and accurately. Agilent has added UMTS phone-based measurements -- including integrated IP/application data test and engineering parameters -- to existing receiver-based measurements. The integrated platform helps operators solve data quality of service issues faster and more completely, minimizing the required number of drive tests and maximizing engineering efficiency. -- Agilent Air Interface Remote Monitoring System, which now supports GSM and GPRS, allows service providers to improve the efficiency of wireless optimization by up to 60 percent. Remote measuring probes, typically located inside fleet vehicles, continuously collect RF performance data and sends this data back to the central server for analysis. Service providers can use the system to identify and resolve network problems within hours rather than days or weeks. -- Agilent Wizard, a wireless network planning and design software tool that helps service providers quickly migrate from 2G to 2.5G and 3G networks and now supports the migration from TDMA to GSM and GPRS. Wizard allows RF design engineers to completely simulate a network and model various subscriber usage patterns, which ensures complete and reliable network performance as a network is deployed or expanded. By detecting RF problems in the planning stage, Wizard can help service providers reduce deployment time by as much as 20 percent. Increased financial pressures on wireless service providers worldwide have slowed the deployment of 2.5G and 3G wireless networks. However, subscribers are demanding new wireless applications currently unavailable on existing networks, including video messaging and high-bandwidth mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. connectivity. Agilent's solutions will help service providers work within existing financial constraints to build the networks required for these and future applications. "Wireless service providers face enormous financial challenges as they deploy 2.5G and 3G networks," said Eric McHenry, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Wireless Network Test Division. "In an environment of declining average revenue per user and slowing subscriber growth, the need to cost-effectively plan, deploy, maintain and optimize networks is more acute than ever. The Agilent Base Station Test Set and our other new solutions will help increase productivity, cut operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales , improve the bottom line and make 2.5G and 3G a reality." Agilent will present the new solutions via a live webcast today at 1 p.m. ET at www.agilent.com/comms/wireless-webcast. Additional information about Agilent's solutions for wireless service providers is available at www.agilent.com/find/serviceproviders. U.S. Pricing and Availability The Agilent Base Station Test Set (E7495A) is expected to be available in Q4 2002 for cdmaOne, cdma2000, GSM, TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). , analog systems; and in Q1 2003 for UMTS networks Beginning in 2003 under the name 3, Hutchison Whampoa, a large port operator, has gradually launched their startup UMTS networks worldwide including Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland and Sweden. . Prices begin at $16,995. The Agilent Wireless Network Optimization Platform (E6474A) is expected to be available in Q4 2002 for UMTS networks. Prices begin at $15,000. The Agilent Air Interface Remote Monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a System (E6476A/E A/E Architect/Engineer A/E Architecture and Engineering Services A/E Air Entry (by auscultation) A/E Activity Elements A/E Ascent and Entry (spacecraft; NASA) A/E Attitude Ephemeris A/E Anarchy and Equality 6478A) is expected to be available in Q4 2002 for GSM and GPRS networks. Prices vary depending upon network size, complexity and options selected. The new GSM and GPRS capabilities for the Agilent Wizard (E6482A) software are expected to be available Q4 2002. Prices begin at $18,000. Agilent in Communications Agilent Technologies is a leading provider of components, test, measurement, monitoring and management solutions for the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . Agilent enables designers, manufacturers and service providers to accelerate the delivery of next-generation devices, networks and services. Agilent's broad set of solutions and services includes optical, wireless, Internet and broadband technologies broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. that span the entire communications life cycle. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics and life sciences. The company's 37,000 employees serve customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $8.4 billion in fiscal year 2001. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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