Alcatel Delivers Mobile Internet with Evolium Base Station and Broadband Wireless Access at WIRELESS 2000.Business Editors/High Tech Writers Wireless 2000 NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2000 Company Spotlights Field-Proven 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. , EDGE, 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. , Broadband Wireless Access (LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution Service) A digital wireless transmission system that works in the 28 GHz range in the U.S. and 24-40 GHz overseas. It requires line of sight between transmitter and receiving antenna, which can be from one to four miles apart ) and Intelligent Network Solutions Focusing on providing carriers with field-proven solutions that are part of a logical migration to powerful "Third-Generation" (3G) mobile internet applications and technologies, Alcatel today introduced its Evolium(TM) Multi-Standard Base Station into the United States. At WIRELESS 2000 (Booth #5547), Alcatel will showcase its world leading mobile Internet technologies, including General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) or Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS), is a digital mobile phone technology that allows it to increase data transmission rate and improve data transmission reliability. (EDGE), and Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS). Broadband Wireless Access (LMDS), Intelligent Network (IN), and signaling technologies, based on Internet Protocol (IP) will also be highlighted. "The need for operators to grow their mobile network infrastructure to handle Internet and multimedia information, including adding data functionality, deploying new services and securing network traffic, has become critical to their success," said Krish Prabhu, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Alcatel Telecom. "Alcatel's EVOLIUM and IN platforms allow mobile operators to profit from implementing a circuit or packet-based 3G solution to make the mobile Internet a reality, while continuing to their leverage current infrastructure investments." The Road to the Mobile Internet The road to the mobile Internet begins with GPRS. GPRS allows today's GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications (communications) Global System for Mobile Communications - (GSM, originally "Groupe de travail Sp?ciale pour les services Mobiles") One of the major standards for digital cellular communications, in use in over 60 countries and serving over one billion subscribers. ) network operators to provide mobile Internet-based services at higher transmission rates than ever before. Alcatel's GPRS enables operators to introduce Internet services quickly and cost-effectively, while preparing the network and the market for the Internet and multimedia wave of tomorrow, with flexible solutions that scale to meet rapidly shifting customer demand. This technology, as part of an end-to-end solution that includes terminals, radio and core network elements and services, is ready for commercial deployment today. Alcatel has successfully rolled out several GPRS networks in France, Germany, Austria, South Africa and China. The EVOLIUM GSM/GPRS product range is now available for the PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. 1900 market with a full support team in the US. As the mobile Internet grows, so will the need for higher data speeds to transmit multimedia voice, data, images and video. These speeds will be achieved through the deployment of EDGE technology. EDGE provides a common solution interface for the GSM world and the Time Division Multiple Access (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). ) standard in the U.S. Alcatel's EVOLIUM radio solutions are designed to integrate data applications through GPRS or, with a simple software upgrade, through EDGE. The EVOLIUM platform is pre-configured to deploy UMTS, once it is readily available in the marketplace. Broadband Wireless Access The EVOLIUM LMDS Solution from Alcatel is a point-to-multipoint radio system operating in a 28/31 GHz frequency band, the frequency band in the U.S. and Canada. The EVOLIUM LMDS solution serves small and large businesses, including branch offices, small office/home office See SOHO. (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) and some residential subscribers in dense, urban and suburban locations. It provides the service without having to install a "physical" wire. Among the types of services provided are Internet access, connections to Local Area Networks (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ), PBX applications and videoconferencing as well as virtual leased line Virtual Leased Line (VLL) is a way to provide Ethernet based point to point communication over IP/MPLS networks. In the industry, the technology is also referred to as Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) or EoMPLS (Ethernet over MPLS). services. Intelligent Network Solutions Alcatel's scalable, versatile IN platform delivers critical services ranging from enhanced 800-number to wireless Internet services for wireless and wireline service providers worldwide. With Alcatel's IN technology, companies not only save the operational costs of merging network intelligence onto a single platform, but gain a highly scalable, single platform that can support IN voice (enhanced 800-number, prepaid, Home Location Register, Authentication Center) and data (packet-based services). Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales of EURO 21.3 billion ($25.0 billion), Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on Internet: http:/www.alcatel.com |
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