Vodacom selects HSPA network partner

[rpm]

Vodacom selects HSPA network partner

Vodacom SA selects Alcatel-Lucent’s UMTS/HSPA technology for 3G network

 

[rpm]

Am I correct to say that Vodacom moved away from Siemens and selected Alcatel? Will the two networks work well together? Will Alcatel replace the Siemens network?

 

[vodacom3g]

Am I correct to say that Vodacom moved away from Siemens and selected Alcatel? Will the two networks work well together? Will Alcatel replace the Siemens network?

Not a replacement, rather an extension of the current network.

Dual or single vendor policies both have their pros and cons interoperability vs having all your eggs / technology roadmap in one basket, etc.

 

[Rouxenator]

I wonder how this will affect the packet/data streams that has to be loaded. Usually the field specs came from Siemens docs, now I guess there will be Alcatel spec docs as well. Lets hope this does not complicate things...

 

[<moLe>]

there should be no interconnection issues if that's the case, believe that there ought to be ISO standards to which both would comply?

 

[sox63]

Not a replacement, rather an extension of the current network.

Dual or single vendor policies both have their pros and cons interoperability vs having all your eggs / technology roadmap in one basket, etc.

Any idea who the other bidders were? Huawei/Siemens?

 

[MaD]

Some nice data speeds on the way with HSPA+ and LTE, I like the fact that the article had some good info about the technologies and plans ahead.