Huawei wins Omantel 3G contract

Huawei, a Chinese telecoms infrastructure company, has won a contract to build a 3G mobile phone network for Omantel after submitting the lowest bid.
The company bid OR17.7m ($46m) to build the network for Oman’s largest mobile phone company, compared with Nokia Siemens which bid OR77m and Ericsson which offered OR56m.

Tags: 3G, Huawei

Telefonica raises interest in China

Spanish carrier Telefonica said Friday that it has raised its holding in Chinese fixed line operator, China Netcom, from 5 per cent to 7.22 per cent, at a cost of Eur309m.
Reports suggest that in the future, Telefonica intends to raise its stake to 10 per cent or more.

Tags: 3G, CDMA, China-Mobile, China-Netcom, China-Telecom, China-Unicom, GSM, [...]

TD-SCDMA to face uphill battle outside China

TD-SCDMA is expected to be the dominant 3G technology in China due to the heavyweight government support it receives. However, according to ABI Research analyst Hwai Lin Khor, “TD-SCDMA is likely to face an uphill battle outside of Mainland China, even in Hong Kong.”

Tags: 3G, China-Mobile, China-Netcom, China-Telecom, GSM, TD-SCDMA

Huawei Attains No.1 Position in Global IP DSLAM Market

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (”Huawei”), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that according to a report published in the third quarter of 2007 by the leading industry consulting firm Gartner, that it is currently in the Number1 position in the global IP DSLAM Market, with [...]

Vodafone UK partner with Huawei to launch their smallest HSUPA USB Stick

Vodafone UK and Huawei Technologies (”Huawei”), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today have launched the next generation of USB device, the Vodafone Mobile Broadband USB Modem Stick or E172. Boasting High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) technologies and innovative design, it will be available to Vodafone [...]

Huawei’s Market Share in DSL Continues to Rise

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, a provider next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators worldwide said that a recent Gartner report has placed it in the Number 1 spot in the global IP DSLAM market.
According to the Gartner report which was published in the third quarter of 2001, Huawei’s IP DSLAM port shipments in Q307 accounted [...]