T-Mobile, Nokia speed up Czech mobile broadband

Details: Category: Wireless Networks; 01 September 2009; 10049 views

Subscribers to T-Mobile in the Czech Republic can expect to enjoy advanced 3G data and multimedia services thanks to a faster mobile broadband network. Nokia Siemens Networks has been selected to build an advanced 3G mobile network.

An agreement between T-Mobile and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) signed this month will offer a number of benefits to Czech customers, in particular the availability of High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) services. HSPA technology is one of the latest developments in 3G mobile networks; the main advantage it provides to customers is high-speed data transfers with download and upload peak rates of up to 14.4 Mb/s and 5.7 Mb/s respectively. Such performance will create a DSL-like user experience. Moreover, the technology to be installed will prepare the ground for the next generation of mobile networks.

The upgraded 3G network is based on NSN’s Flexi Multiradio Base Stations as well as the HSPA technology. It is expected to be launched in Prague by the end of the year.

“The demand for data services in the Czech Republic has been growing continuously. Therefore, building a 3G network is one of our priorities even in these economically more challenging times,” says Roland Mahler, Managing Director of T-Mobile Czech Republic.

“We are very pleased to extend our partnership with this important agreement,” said NSN’s Ralph Griewing, in charge of business relations with Deutsche Telekom. “We are also glad that our innovative solutions, like the Flexi Base Station and HSPA, will provide Czech consumers with a fast, reliable broadband experience, offering at the same time an energy-efficient platform to T-Mobile.”

Nokia Siemens Networks is also providing T-Mobile with network integration services, which is the NetAct network management system to monitor, manage and optimise the network and an upgrade of the core network to support advanced 3G services. The pilot operation of T-Mobile’s 3G network will start in the autumn in Prague.

* T-Mobile has been operating in the Czech market since 1996. As of 31 March 2009, more than 5.4 million customers were using T-Mobile services. T-Mobile Czech Republic operates a public mobile communications network on the GSM standard in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands and is also authorised to operate a UMTS network. T-Mobile was the first 3G operator in the Czech Republic, launching its technology on 19 October 2005 under the name Internet 4G. T-Mobile is a member Deutsche Telekom AG.

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