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The Fastest 3G Connection in Austria Hits 10.1 Mbps
Mobilkom austria recently made the fastest data call with a mobile device using the pioneering Internet High Speed Packet Access (I-HSPA) technology from Nokia Siemens Networks. Stelera Wireless, a small U.S. operator, launched data services in rural Texas using this technology as well.
During the trial, the data transmission downlink speed reached 10.1 Mbps. I-HSPA will be capable of data transmission rates over 10.1 Mbps, NSN claims. The I-HSPA functionality is designed for heavy data and rich multimedia usage over the wireless network. I-HSPA connects 3G base stations directly to the Internet, enables cost-efficient scaling of the network, works with all HSPA devices and improves end user experience by reducing latency. I-HSPA flat network architecture also enables smooth migration to LTE.
Coming Soon, Even Faster EDGE Networks
With 3G and 4G wireless broadband becoming part of the daily mobile lexicon, who has time for pokey old EDGE networks? Nokia Siemens Networks, a wireless equipment maker, does and has come up with a new software solution that doubles the EDGE data speeds.
The new technology, called Nokia Siemens Networks’ Dual Carrier EDGE solution, will double the data speed to up to 592 kbps on existing EDGE-capable GSM networks. It will be available in the third quarter of 2008, and will soon be followed by what NSN calls EGPRS 2, which will result in downlink speeds of up to 1.2 Mbps and will double uplink speed to up to 473 kbps, thus quadrupling the capabilities of EDGE today. Now that means millions of iPhone users can now look forward to a new, faster day, when their devices will get a true taste of speed!
Rural Texas Gets Superfast Wireless Broadband
Stelera Wireless, an Oklahoma City-based rural broadband service provider has launched its high-speed HSPA service in two markets — Floresville & Poth, Texas — utilizing the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum band it had acquired in last year’s AWS spectrum auction. The AWS utilizes the 2.1 GHz and 1.7 GHz bands. Stelera has beaten many of the larger players such as T-Mobile to the punch by rolling out its AWS-based wireless broadband network.
The company is offering service in many different flavors, including residential and business packages that cost anywhere from $60 to $100 a month. The speeds on an HSPA network are up to 7.2 Mbps downlink and 2 Mbps uplink. The service uses the I-HSPA technology from Nokia Siemens Networks, and can offer download speeds of up to 42 megabits per second. Stelera owns 42 AWS licenses across the U.S., mostly in rural communities.
U.S. Makes the Best Use of Its Broadband
A new report ranking broadband connectivity argues that it’s not how much you have but what you do with it. And according to the Connectivity Scorecard, no one is doing enough. Instead of measuring bandwidth speed or how much people pay to get connected, the report throws that information into the mix with data such as literacy rates, enterprise use and services offered via broadband to deliver two sets of rankings.
One ranking includes industrialized countries (which are dubbed “innovation-driven economies”); the U.S. tops the list as the country taking the most advantage of its broadband, while Japan and Korea (which have higher speeds and a reputation for more services and users) come in at No. 3 and No. 10, respectively. The other ranking focuses on “resource-driven economies” (PC-speak for developing countries.)
Russia tops that list — thanks to its high literacy rates and a large number of mobile users — while India and Nigeria round out the bottom. Props to the list makers for recognizing that different countries have different concerns when it comes to connectivity, and that there’s more to innovation than speed. But the fact that it was commissioned by Nokia Siemens Networks did make me raise an eyebrow.
Nokia Siemens Networks Buys Atrica
Ethernet’s growing importance as part of the carrier networks, especially in newer telecom economies such as India and China, is one of the main reasons why Nokia Siemens Networks is acquiring privately held Atrica, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based equipment maker. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Atrica counts Orange Business Services, KVH and Optimum LightPath among its 40-odd customers. The deal set to close by the end of 2007 is part of my ongoing thesis that there is little or no room for mid tier-telecom equipment makers, even if they are part of a fast-growing sector such as carrier Ethernet.
Matisse Networks and Qosera are two new startups looking to capture the carrier Ethernet opportunity. Atrica had raised a total of $134 million in funding from Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, BellSouth Corp., SBC Communications, 3Com Corporation, and Intel Capital among others.
Optical gear targets 100 Gigabit speeds
The massive online video boom is putting strain on the optical infrastructure, prompting researchers and equipment makers to come up with ways to transmit more data at higher speeds over the existing networks. The target everyone seems to have in their cross hair is 100 gigabits per second - at least when it comes the long haul networks that connect cities.
Today, Alcatel-Lucent owned Bell Labs showed off a technology that allows today’s 40 Gbps long haul networks to jump to 100 gigabits per second. They transmitted 10 100-Gbps WDM channels over a 1,200-kilometer distance.
“If you look at VOD — if it takes off, carriers will need to upgrade their networks. In a few years, 90 percent of traffic will be VOD, and bandwidth demand will go up by a factor of 10,” Martin Zirngibl, director of Bell Labs Data/Optical Networks Research Department told LightReading.
But he and his Franco-American corporate masters are not the only ones looking to zoom past the 100 Gbps mark. Tomorrow, CoreOptics and Siemens are going to present a paper (PDF) that claims that the two companies have been able to send data at 111 gigabits per second over 10 channels on a single fiber at 50 GHz channel spacing over a distance of 2,400 kilometers.
These speed tests show that older networks can be repurposed to support speeds of 100 Gbps. Bernhard Kubis, vice president of Research and Development at Siemens Networks in a press release said:
“This demonstration proved the feasibility of transmission of 100 Gbps over the 10 Gbps network infrastructure installed today.”
Infinera and Level 3 had showed off their own capabilities in a test transmission held in November 2006.