The call was conducted in Nokia’s research and development facilities in Texas and was made with Nokia GSM 850 MHZ base stations and handsets. It is anticipated that an end-to-end solution will be available for North, Central and South America carriers operating GSM 850 MHz networks later this year.
This is a major milestone in the expansion of GSM services in the Americas as GSM is the most widely deployed standard in the world, said Mr Wilska, president of Nokia Americas, A major benefit of GSM 850 is that it enables existing TDMA carriers as well as new GSM carriers to benefit from the global success of GSM.
Nokia believes that a solution offering GSM and GPRS with evolution to EDGE and WCDMA will allow carriers to maximize both market share and profit margins in the Third Generation, he adds.
