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Ukrainian MNO life:) has announced it’s co-operation with Huawei – to deploy around 3000 3G base stations in Ukraine!
As a leading GSM operator life:) is now seeking to uprate it’s network with the kind of bandwidth that (currently) only 3G can offer. According to the contract, 3000 base stations will be being put down, with the first phase starting in Western Ukraine and the Crimea. All of Huawei’s basestations will be of the newest variety – so presumably that means capable of at least 7.2Mbps downstream.
As I’ve said before, the onward march of 3G is impressive. WiFi is too localised, LTE isn’t ready – but 3G, with it’s HSPA+ variants, is giving astonishing data rates and good coverage. Now many MNOs are concentrating on in-fill of their coverage.
[Via: 3G.co.uk]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
