Huawei to Deploy Europe’s ‘First’ SDR-enabled Commercial GSM/UMTS SingleRAN Network for TeliaSonera in Finland

(Business News & Technology News, 30 Jun 2009)

Huawei has announced that TeliaSonera has chosen to deploy Huawei’s SingleRAN solution which will enable TeliaSonera to simultaneously provide its subscribers in Finland with high-quality GSM and UMTS services using the same 900MHz spectrum. This network is Europe’s first GSM/UMTS converged network based on Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology.

Under the agreement, the existing GSM network will be upgraded to use Huawei’s SDR-enabled base stations. Additional equipment to be provided will include radio network and base station controllers, operating support system and services to support network deployment.