Mobile and Wireless

Telecom NZ set to launch new mobile network

By Team Diginews4u ⋅ February 25, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅ Post a comment

New Zealand-based Telecom NZ is all set to launch its nationwide 3G WCDMA 850MHz (W850) mobile network by June. To this effect, the company has chosen Alcatel-Lucent as technology partner.

With the launch of the new network, Telecom hopes to take improve speed and performance by providing a pathway to Long Term Evolution or LTE technology.

In separate news Alcatel-Lucent is also understood to have been selected by US telecommunications company Verizon Wireless to build its LTE 4G network by next year – reportedly the first such network in the US.

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Tags: 4G, Wireless