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20th July 2004 - Nokia announced today the newest addition
to its portfolio of WCDMA base stations for the U.S.
market, the Nokia MetroSite 50 BTS. It is the world's
smallest three-sector WCDMA base station whose size
and high-power radio frequency performance will offer
flexible deployment options in large and small coverage
areas.
Because of its size, the Nokia MetroSite 50 BTS is a
'siteless' solution that can be installed anywhere,
in any environment - outdoors, indoors, on various surfaces,
and in different positions. This flexibility will yield
up to 30 percent in site and deployment cost savings
and will enable operators to build a larger footprint
for revenue-generating WCDMA services, like videoconferencing,
audio and video streaming, and high-speed corporate
services. In addition, designed to follow a 'pay-as-you-evolve'
structure, the Nokia MetroSite 50 BTS, once installed,
will have low operational expenses and low power consumption.
"The Nokia MetroSite 50 BTS enhances our overall
WCDMA portfolio delivering the performance and capabilities
of macro base stations in micro size," said Mark
Louison, senior vice president, North America, Networks,
Nokia. "We now have a base station for every type
of site, which affords operators, particularly in the
United States, maximum flexibility when they deploy
WCDMA as an overlay architechture.
"U.S. carriers are moving forward with their plans
to build and deploy WCDMA networks across the nation,
and we are ready to provide them with the equipment
and services, as well as intelligent functionalities
for GSM/EDGE and WCDMA interworking, they need to do
so quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively,"
said Louison.
In addition to the Nokia MetroSite 50 BTS, Nokia's WCDMA
BTS portfolio is comprised of the Nokia UltraSite WCDMA
BTS Supreme Indoor, Nokia UltraSite WCDMA BTS Optima
Compact Outdoor, and the Triple-mode Nokia UltraSite
EDGE BTS, which houses GSM, EDGE, and WCDMA technologies
in the same cabinet. All of these platforms are HSDPA-ready
(high-speed downlink packet access) and simultaneously
support both WCDMA and HSDPA traffic, enabling wireless
operators the ability to provide simultaneous voice
and data sessions, delivering data at broadband speeds.
The Nokia WCDMA portfolio for the U.S. market is designed
to support both 1900 MHz and 850 MHz bands.
Nokia, a leader in the global WCDMA network infrastructure
market, introduced the Nokia MetroSite 50 BTS in mid-June
at Nokia's annual Nokia Connection event in Helsinki,
Finland.
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