HSDPA Launched in Georgia February 3, 2009
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Georgian mobile network operator, MagtiCom says that it has launched a HSDPA upgrade across its entire network. The upgrade will permit mobile data downloads with speeds of up to 14.4 Mb/s.The firm announced new tariffs for the service, with rates running from US$3 for 20MB worth of downloads per month to US$60 for 15GB of downloads.Last November, the firm soft-launched a WiMAX network with coverage in the main cities of Tbilisi, Batumi, Telavi, Gori, Rustavi, Akhaltsikhe, Kutaisi, Ozurgeti, Oni, Poti. Coverage is being expanded thoughout the rest of this year.
MagtiCom is the second largest of the three GSM network operators in the country and according to figures from the Mobile World, they ended last September with just over 1.15 million customers and a market share of 40%. Market leader is Geocell with just under 1.5 million customers, and the smallest is new entrant, Mobitel. There is also a small CDMA operator, Iberiatel with 67,000 subscribers.
E-Plus, Ericsson unveil HSDPA pilot using digital dividend January 9, 2009
Posted by aikservices in E-Plus, Ericsson, HSDPA, Mobile, Telecom, Wireless.Tags: E-Plus, Ericsson, Mobile, Telecom, Wireless
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E-Plus and Ericsson partner with the German federal ministry for economics and the ministry for economics, labour and tourism of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to use digital dividend frequencies to provide broadband services to communities without broadband possibilities. The parties signed an agreement at the end of 2008 for a pilot antenna site north west of Waren in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, which will use digital dividend spectrum to provide wireless broadband services. The pilot will use 790-862 MHz frequencies and starts in the beginning of this year. The pilot will run until the end of this year and 50 households and companies within a range of 20 kilometres will be selected to participate. E-Plus will pay the costs and Ericsson will deploy HSDPA equipment to offer download speeds up to 7.2 Mbps. The results of the pilot will be used to make the discussions about the future of the digital dividend more businesslike.
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