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I’ve been reading press releases for years, and I think this one takes the cake for the amount of technical jargon and acronyms condensed into a single announcement. What you need to know is that ZTE is going to be using technology from Qualcomm to help eliminate the interference that occurs at cell sites (read: cell towers). With this new technology, an operator can increase the amount of data that a UMTS cell site can push by 60% and increase the amount of calls that site can handle by up to 45%. More streaming porn and phone sex for all!
If you’re brave enough, read the press release after the jump.
SAN DIEGO and SHENZHEN, China, July 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) , a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, and ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced their collaboration to significantly enhance the capacity and performance of UMTS systems with the integration of Qualcomm’s Uplink Interference Cancellation (ULIC) technology into ZTE’s next-generation UMTS base station products. Using this technology, operators can boost their UMTS data throughput by up to 60 percent and deliver a user experience that is comparable to LTE in a similar channel bandwidth. The technology also enables UMTS operators to increase voice capacity by up to 45 percent.
ULIC technology can deliver improved system capacity by eliminating interference from multiple uplink data streams. Enabled by the increased level of integration possible in today’s commercial chips, ULIC brings the performance of CDMA-based modems close to their theoretical limits. The design is scalable and supports cancellation for a large number of simultaneous users and transmissions on the uplink.
“ZTE serves the world’s top mobile operators based on our ability to consistently deliver high-quality and high-capacity network performance,” said Zhang Jianguo, general manager of ZTE’s UMTS products. “Our ongoing relationship with Qualcomm has enabled us to commercialize leading edge technologies that bring value to the entire wireless ecosystem. Using ULIC technology, we are providing operators with a highly efficient means to optimize their system performance while also extending the lives of their existing networks.”
“Interference cancellation is helping to redefine the performance characteristics of UMTS by improving system capacity and delivering data throughput that is on par with LTE networks,” said Jing Wang, executive vice president, Qualcomm Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. “It not only provides faster speeds, but also creates a better experience for the growing number of people using mobile devices to upload and share data-intensive content, such as photographs and videos. We are pleased to work with ZTE in their efforts to bring ULIC-enhanced base stations to market.”
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
