Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications
network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that
it has deployed an HSPA network across Canada for Bell utilizing
Huawei’ s leading SingleRAN solution and base stations.
Huawei provided Bell with network infrastructure for the buildout of
its new HSPA network, which also offers Bell an efficient upgrade path
forward to LTE. Bell’ s new network, launched three months ahead of
schedule, delivers high-speed mobile access to approximately 93 percent
of the Canadian population across more than a million square
kilometers, serving both rural and remote locations as well as urban
areas. The new HSPA network is the latest evolution of the
international GSM mobile standard, supporting peak download speeds of
up to 21 Mbps.
"Bell has delivered the largest, fastest and most reliable wireless
network in Canada ahead of schedule," said Stephen Howe, Chief
Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Wireless Networks for
Bell Mobility. "We are pleased to have worked with Huawei to deploy a
state-of-the-art wireless network that ranks among the very best in the
world."
"This project with Bell is an important milestone for us in North
America," said Carl Liu, Executive Vice President of Huawei North
America. "We provide industry-leading distributed base station
solutions for operators around the world, and this solution has been
deployed in Europe in large quantities. This is the first time we’ ve
deployed this advanced solution in North America, which will provide
Bell with a superior network while reducing OPEX."
As a leading provider of end-to-end mobile broadband solutions, Huawei
has deployed over 28 HSPA+ networks, 10 of which have been commercially
available.
