Huawei, Telecom Italia claim world's first with HSUPA net
Doffs the cap to Sicily
CHINESE TELECOMS GIANT Huawei broke open the champagne today to celebrate teaming up with Telecom Italia.
The assembled dignitaries included HE Dong, the Chinese ambassador to Italy, and an array of local politicians, representatives from Huawei and Telecom Italia.
Dignitaries tip up
Sicily is investing in creating advanced systems, said the rep of the region, member of parliament, Guido Lo Porto. He said he was happy that Italia Telecom and Huawei had decided to come to Palermo to hold the meeting and it was the fruit of the awareness shown by the regional authorities in promoting info tech in Sicily.
The island, he said, relies on intelligence and this is a post modern truth. Sicily is already home to three universities and a fourth is on the way as well as a number of polytechnics and scientific institutes.
Telecom Italia and Huawei have replaced the infrastructure in the island - HSUPA (high speed uplink packet access). This lets the network be used at extremely high speeds - 1.92Mbps for uplink and 7.2Mbps for download. Huawei wouldn't say the amount that passed hands, but handsets are included in the deal.
Nocentini from Telecom Italia (TI) said the the worlds of fixed, mobile and entertainment, along with traditional use of IT is still growing. The 1.6 per cent growth is greater in Italy than in other countries. TI needed to leave behind the world of voice services and move towards entertainment and content.
Stefano said that by 2008, 98 per cent of Italians, whether on mountains or in Sicily will have the opportunity to use broadband.
One of the little islands called Pantelleria will become a telcopolis with ADSL, and the creating of wi-fi hot spots making it totally connected.
Patrick Wen, vice president of Huawei, said that that with the deal with TI, it has constructed the world's most advanced UMTS network.
His
excellency HE Dong said that Huawei and TI have signed an agreement that he
endorsed completely. Italy and China have collaborated for 37 years.
Trade between the two countries accounts for around $30 billion. The congress of the Communist Party a few days ago confirmed the friendship and collaboration between Italy and China. µ
Comments
HSUPA is already in Slovakia
Since 7. november 2007 is HSUPA technology available through mobile operator Orange Slovakia.1.6 percent great?
First of all, congratulations are in order for anyone who manages this type of collaboration. They say governments can't work together. Well, this just proves...we'll see.Anyway, here's the quote that caught my eye:
"The 1.6 per cent growth is greater in Italy than in other countries"
That's rather frightening. 1.6% is anemic for anything but interest rates. It's a sure sign of saturation, dis-incentives to growth, or lack of interest. Oh well, it's a start.
I, for one, welcome our new (old) Sicilian/Chinese overlords.
Not the 1st even in italy
3 Italy, From the group H3G have already start the deployment of HSUPA in italy in september 2007 (The 7th)here is the Italian Minister of Telecomunication presenting this offer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OBv47i-XS4
And Vodafone Italy already give the HUWEI E270 modem HSUPA ready from october.
Happy Pantelleria
Hey I live on Pantelleria, three years now. I am an American Indian living on Pantelleria now. I have an ADSL modem next to my computer and every day now I turn it on and wait for the red light to stop blinking, which means that it is here at last. I just wish they would hurry up. I am very happy that such a high quality technology is behind the new work and we are all waiting, waiting, waiting....!!! William, Pantelleria.Indonesia
Do anyone can answer when someone in Indonesia will implemented HSUPA? May be after 6G?