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20th November 2003 - Alcatel and Royal Philips Electronics
have announced the success of a series of interoperability
tests performed with Alcatel's EDGE-ready Evolium? network
solutions (radio access and core) and Philips Nexperia
Cellular System Solution. On show at GSM Americas in
the Alcatel booth, the EDGE video-streaming demonstration
(using the FTP File Transfer Protocol) is set to replicate
the results of the tests.
The tests, carried out on a scale 1 reference terminal
in November of this year, achieved a successful uninterrupted
download of 30 Mbytes at 220 kbit/s. This is a best-in-class
speed achieved in a live EDGE operational environment,
and a major improvement on GPRS performance. This achievement
provides real promise for the rapidly developing mobile
multimedia market.
The test results highlight the availability and the
reliability of a complete EDGE end-to-end solution based
on both companies' technologies. This is a pragmatic
answer to all mobile operators around the world who
consider introducing EDGE in their mobile networks in
order to attract new subscribers and to generate new
revenue streams. These tests also demonstrate the maturity
of the solution to mobile handset manufacturers willing
to rapidly offer competitive EDGE handsets.
All Evolium? base stations shipped by Alcatel in 1999
and 2000 include an option to seamlessly host plug-and-play
EDGE transceivers and since 2001, EDGE has been an integral
part of Alcatel's standard product offering. In addition
all Evolium? base stations delivered by Alcatel are
fully EDGE-equipped at no extra cost. This means that
all Alcatel GSM/GPRS mobile infrastructure customers
can simply boost their existing network capabilities
by upgrading to EDGE as required.
Built around the Philips Nexperia Cellular Multimedia
Baseband chip (PCF5213), RF Tranceiver (UAA3537), Power
Amplifier (BGY284E),, power management unit (PCF50603)
and software package, the Philips' market leading Nexperia
Cellular System Solution supports worldwide GSM roaming
as well as GPRS and EDGE for the unmatched availability
of 4 downlink channels and 2 uplink channels, with protocol
stacks fully validated by IOT (Inter-Operability Tests).
This system solution provides handset manufacturers
with enhanced data rates to support the latest multimedia
applications (MMS, Java-based gaming, MP3, Video-MPEG4
and MPEG4 encoding, email, etc).
"With Evolium?, Alcatel provides GSM operators with
a very efficient and future-proof solution to seamlessly
introduce EDGE as a natural evolution to existing GSM/GPRS
investments," Marc Rouanne, Chief Operating Officer
for Alcatel's mobile activities declared. "And for those
operators eager to take up the challenge of 3G/UMTS,
Alcatel considers EDGE and UMTS as two complementary
mobile broadband options. 3G/UMTS best matches the needs
of densely populated urban areas, while EDGE corresponds
to an additional national coverage, thus paving the
way for true nation-wide mobile broadband data services."
Rouanne added.
"In line with our Connected Consumer vision, the Nexperia
Cellular System Solution provides handset manufacturers
with a flexible, future-proof, low-risk and cost-effective
approach to handset designs," said Peter Baumgartner,
Senior Vice President and General Manager Global Market
Segment Mobile & Personal, Philips Semiconductors. "The
proven interoperability of our EDGE system solution
with Alcatel's leading Evolium? EDGE-ready solution
strengthens our position as the partner of choice for
all EDGE handset manufacturers."
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