3G. Wireless Communication Solutions

Verizon Wireless will upgrade of its mobile phone service to CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A, that will enable it to offer VoIP calling. The new deployment of incremental hardware and software upgrades will be provided by Lucent Technologies.

Verizon and Lucent said they completed live, over-the-air EV-DO Rev. 1 calls last summer and since then have conducted live VoIP and video telephony calls utilizing the feature.

“EV-DO Rev. A enables users to receive data at speeds up to 3.1 Mbps and send data at speeds of up to 1.9 Mbps,” the announcement read. “These increased forward and reverse link data speeds reduce data latency and will enable operators such as Verizon Wireless to deliver VoIP and other multimedia services.”

Verizon said EV-DO Rev. A will help it introduce new services like messaging and enhanced push-to-talk features. Lucent, which is in the midst of a merger with Alcatel, deployed initial EV-DO infrastructure for Verizon Wireless. Financial terms of the new deployment were not disclosed.

The new deployment of incremental hardware and software upgrades will be provided by Lucent Technologies. The EV-DO Rev.A will help in introducing new services like instant messaging and e enhanced push-to-talk features. The midst of a merger with Alcatel, Lucent, will install the initial EV-DO infrastructure for Verizon Wireless.

Yet the company did not declare the financial terms about this new installment.

Forrester Research’s latest report, “Fixed- Mobile Services Will Lead Technology Convergence,” more than 50 percent of 615 companies surveyed by the analysts showed a keen interest in dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi phone sets. It must be borne in mind that these handsets have not yet been introduced in the market.

Verizon with its EVDO 3G service. Then there is the behemoth, AT&T’s branded mobile services on Cingular Wireless’ network Forrester Research predicts that by 2008, big system integrators like EDS to join the fixed-mobile business, aiming straight for the business end of the market.

Also, we expect to see mobile operators deliver their IP Multimedia Subsystem-based (IMS-based) services. IMS is a bugaboo of a specification based on SIP (another bugaboo) that will enable service providers to deliver Centrex-like services to mobile phone users. And there’s the beast. With Verizon equipping you with a mobile phone with all of your business telephony features, why purchase a telephony server?

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