Telcel aims to attract new
subscribers to its service through the offer of innovative services
such as live video sharing, news and entertainment in the most
important cities of Mexico nationwide.
Nokia Siemens Networks,
one of Telcel’s preferred vendors of this technology, participate in
this milestone project providing a solution combining infrastructure
and services based on High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
standards built on its acclaimed Flexi BTS technology.
Third Generation (3G) wireless technology with High
Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) will allow Telcel’s customers to
enjoy the benefit of broadband speeds throughout the new service areas
on their mobile devices. This means faster data transmission through
the mobile network at broadband speeds of up to 2 mega bits per second
during peak times, as well as expanded voice capacity, in this initial
launch.
“With the launch of the 3G network in Mexico, Telcel
considers that all the customers will benefit from the powerful
combination of a superfast network and a portfolio of next-generation
3G handsets that quickly deliver interactive content and applications
anytime, anywhere to the handset or a PC connected via an access PC
card or handset“
“Nokia Siemens Networks is confident that
Telcel’s customers will love the new services being offered in the 3G
launch, and will work closely in partnership with Telcel to bring more
services to more of its customers in the future.
The beauty of
our Flexi BTS technology is that it is a flexible platform on which
future upgrades for even higher data speeds can be added very
efficiently through SW upgrades. This again mean fast and efficient
introduction of the next step which is Long Term Evolution (LTE) that
further dramatically enhances the user experience of wireless data”
said Armando Almeida, Head of Latin America for Nokia Siemens Networks.
The
commercial launch of this 3G network will help Telcel to attract new
customers through innovative high-speed data services and increased
voice capacity, while also providing significant benefits to their
existing subscribers.
The
project, which ensures passenger safety and railway traffic efficiency,
while reducing operational costs, also extends Nokia Siemens Networks´
market leadership in railway communications in Spain as it remains the
sole high-quality mobile communications supplier for ADIF high-speed
lines designed for trains known as AVE.
“The experience jointly
gathered by ADIF and Nokia Siemens Networks, who share the same
objectives of deploying the projects in the required time and
maintaining the network in perfect condition, is what allows us to
offer excellent transportation to passengers with a very high level of
safety and efficiency required of such type of installations,” said
Mariano Moyano, Installations Executive Director at ADIF.
The
current project, which is to be completed within 30 months, covers
about 450 kilometers of the tracks from Torrejón de Velasco-Motilla to
Valencia and Albacete. The system will provide communications for
trains running at up to 350 km/h. The single streamlined digital radio
system for railway communications, or GSM-R, carries signaling and
operational information directly to the driver, enabling higher speeds
and greater traffic density with improved safety.
“We are proud
to support ADIF’s ambitious project to build Europe’s largest
high-speed train network that would link not only all Spain, but also
provide fast international connections with our railway communications
solution,” said Agustin Menchen in charge of Nokia Siemens Networks
business with Railways in Spain.
Nokia Siemens Networks has been
working in partnership with ADIF, implementing GSM-R on the remaining
1,700 km that make up the high-speed railway network in Spain since
2003, when it brought the first high-speed GSM-R application online in
Spain.
Under the current contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will
supply a complete GSM-R radio solution with network management as well
as services including network implementation to allow seamless and
timely launch and network design to ensure optimum network investment,
coverage and capacity. Nokia Siemens Networks will operate the network
on behalf of ADIF and provide network maintenance with round-the-clock
monitoring, remote or on-site troubleshooting as well as user
administration.
