Verizon Wireless forms a global ecosystem of LTE
Trying to speed up the practical deployment of 4G LTE networks globally, Dick Lynch (Dick Lynch), executive vice president and chief executive officer of Verizon, announced a detailed plan for construction of the first in America, a network of new generation LTE.
Dick Lynch said that Verizon Wireless, a joint venture Verizon Communications and Vodafone, the company has chosen Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent as a key supplier of network technologies for the network LTE, which will be launched in the United States. The announcement followed a series of testing LTE technology in the U.S. and Europe, held in conjunction with Vodafone. Verizon and Vodafone going to build infrastructure that will allow the company to Verizon Wireless to become the first wireless operator offering LTE commercial services in the United States. These services should be available on the market in 2010.
Verizon Wireless announced that in addition to the companies Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to supply a number of basic network with packet switching performed by Starent Networks. In addition, according to representatives of Verizon, Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent will become the general supplier for the network IP IMS, which will support multimedia applications, regardless of access technology. IMS will be the technological basis for the development of service infrastructure Verizon. Verizon plans to deliver convergent applications and services using IP IMS wireless and land-based wireline broadband networks. In doing so, LTE will be one of the most important means of wireless access networks, IMS.
According to Dick Lynch, the construction and launch of commercial operation of a network of Verizon Wireless LTE, while the expansion of fiber-optic infrastructure FiOS - is part of a coherent strategy for the worldwide dissemination of broadband technology. As already mentioned, in 2008 Verizon investment was about 17 billion dollars. Dick Lynch noted that the cost of construction of LTE fully meet the objectives of the program, providing for the transfer of investments from the old technology in the areas of new strategic initiatives, such as LTE. In doing so, the company plans to maintain a commercial 3G services over the next decade.
Dick Lynch said that Verizon Wireless, a joint venture Verizon Communications and Vodafone, the company has chosen Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent as a key supplier of network technologies for the network LTE, which will be launched in the United States. The announcement followed a series of testing LTE technology in the U.S. and Europe, held in conjunction with Vodafone. Verizon and Vodafone going to build infrastructure that will allow the company to Verizon Wireless to become the first wireless operator offering LTE commercial services in the United States. These services should be available on the market in 2010.
Verizon Wireless announced that in addition to the companies Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to supply a number of basic network with packet switching performed by Starent Networks. In addition, according to representatives of Verizon, Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent will become the general supplier for the network IP IMS, which will support multimedia applications, regardless of access technology. IMS will be the technological basis for the development of service infrastructure Verizon. Verizon plans to deliver convergent applications and services using IP IMS wireless and land-based wireline broadband networks. In doing so, LTE will be one of the most important means of wireless access networks, IMS.
According to Dick Lynch, the construction and launch of commercial operation of a network of Verizon Wireless LTE, while the expansion of fiber-optic infrastructure FiOS - is part of a coherent strategy for the worldwide dissemination of broadband technology. As already mentioned, in 2008 Verizon investment was about 17 billion dollars. Dick Lynch noted that the cost of construction of LTE fully meet the objectives of the program, providing for the transfer of investments from the old technology in the areas of new strategic initiatives, such as LTE. In doing so, the company plans to maintain a commercial 3G services over the next decade.
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