Motorola’s Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS) has signed an expansion contract worth approximately $19 million with MTC- Vodafone, Kuwait's largest mobile network operator.
The contract includes network services and equipment to increase network capacity and coverage, and to enhance MTC's general packet radio service (GPRS) service by activating GPRS Coding Schemes 3 and 4 (CS3/4). GPRS CS3/4 enables the provisioning of data services at up to 70 kbps, providing the necessary capacity and throughput to handle most of the data services commercially available to wireless subscribers today.
Motorola is developer of wireless, automotive and broadband communications. Sales in 2002 were $27.3 billion. The company will begin deploying its Horizon Macro base stations to provide increased coverage in MTC's 900 and 1800 networks. All of Motorola's Horizon radio access network (RAN) solutions are compliant with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) standards for GPRS CS3/4. — (menareport.com)
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