GSM operator adds EV-DO in Carribean

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CDMA Rollout in the Caribbean

Huawei has partnered with Digicel Group to deliver a CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
network in Caribbean, allowing the Caribbean's largest GSM mobile
operator to provide international roaming and mobile data services to
its CDMA customers.

The first stage of the project includes five of Digicel's 22 markets
including Jamaica, Bermuda, Aruba, Cayman Islands and Barbados. With
the CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network, Digicel is now the first GSM operator in
the region to simultaneously offer GSM and CDMA services, and
travelers to this region will be able to roam on Digicel's network and
experience seamless CDMA roaming service.

According to Mr. Mario Assaad, Digicel Group Chief Technology Officer
(CTO): "Huawei will help us deliver the most seamless and intelligent
CDMA international roaming and high speed wireless data services in
the main tourism areas along the Caribbean Sea. When traveling to the
Caribbean, many U.S. mobile customers used to experience poor service
and erratic network coverage from CDMA Caribbean operators. Now, they
can come to the Caribbean and be assured of reliable mobile service by
roaming on our seamless mobile network."

In this project, Huawei adopted its CDMA2000 outdoor macro BTS in
large quantities, which enables convenient deployment as only power
supply and transmission resource are needed to be connected to the
cabinets. This eliminates the need for construction of equipment rooms
and installation and debugging of auxiliaries, and in turn allows
deployment to be rolled out within a shorter time period.