Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Huawei Ships 1 million UMTS Transceivers

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. ("Huawei"), a global leader in providing next-generation telecommunication network solutions to operators around the world, announced that it has now shipped 1 million transceivers (TRXs) for UMTS base stations to operators all over the world. Huawei' s millionth TRX was recently delivered to China Unicom.

During the first quarter of 2009, the number of shipments of Huawei TRXs for UMTS base stations reached 257,000 – up more than 200 percent year-over-year. The company has also secured 139 UMTS/HSPA commercial contracts in about 100 countries and regions by the end of March.

Mr. Wan Biao, President of Wireless, Huawei, said: "During our 11 years of research and development in UMTS, we have seen an increasing number of leading operators that have partnered with Huawei. Through our future-oriented networks constructed on an IP-based convergent mobile broadband platform, Huawei is committed to offering customized solutions to operators worldwide and helping them to achieve business growth."

Huawei has been researching UMTS technology since 1998 and, in 2003, its first UMTS base station was delivered to Etisalat, a leading operator in United Arab Emirates. Huawei was awarded its first UMTS contract in Europe in 2004.

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