Lucent Technologies was selected to expand and enhance VIVO’s CDMA2000 network in Brazil. Under the agreement, Lucent will supply its new Flexent Modular Cell 4.0 base stations and increase the capacity of VIVO’s existing Lucent-supplied mobile switching centers (MSCs) and base stations in the Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo regions. The network will support data rates of up to 144 kbps. Lucent Worldwide Services will provide network installation, deployment, maintenance, RF (radio frequency) optimization and consulting services. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.lucent.com
- VIVO, a company under the control of the Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Moviles groups, is the largest mobile service operator in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the 10 largest in the world, with more than 24 million subscribers in the Brazilian market.