Europe's first MBMS field trial completed by Huawei and Qualcomm with Telecom Italia

Telecomworldwire,  April 23, 2008  

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TELECOMWORLDWIRE-23 April 2008-Europe's first MBMS field trial completed by Huawei and Qualcomm with Telecom Italia(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a provider of next generation telecomms network solutions, and Qualcomm have announced the completion of Europe's first MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) field trial.

The trial, which was carried out in conjunction with Telecom Italia, demonstrated MBMS service deliveries of between 128kb/s and 256 kb/s under various indoor and outdoor MBMS channel conditions. The test was conducted by means of Huawei's MBMS solution, together with handsets powered by Qualcomm's MSM7201A chipset.

According to the companies, test results also indicated that MBMS technologies, in some conditions, enable greater service reception and capacity than expected.

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