Ericsson Receives 3G/HSPA, IMS Network Contract

(Business News & Technology News, 11 Sep 2006)

Ericsson has won a contract from Fareastone of Taiwan to deploy high speed packet access (HSPA) and IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), while expanding its existing share of the 3G/WCDMA radio footprint from the northern region to the central region. Ericsson will also provide related support services.

The HSPA network Ericsson is building for Fareastone will reportedly be the fastest of its kind in Taiwan, supporting initial download speeds of up to 3.6mbps. Fareastone will also reportedly become the operator in Taiwan to implement IMS. IMS will enable Fareastone to utilise one common system for all broadband services.

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