Vodacom selects HSPA network partner

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