Brazil's VIVO Selects Motorola SoftSwitches for its CDMA Network

VIVO, the largest mobile telephone carrier in South America with more than 22 million subscribers, will deploy Motorola SoftSwitches for CDMA (MSS-C) in its established networks as well as in new greenfield locations.



The MSS-C is a packet-based switching platform. The CDMA interface between the Motorola radio access network and the softswitch is fully compliant with the InterOperability Specification (IOS) open standard. In addition, the open architecture of the MSS-C, built on the same platform as the portfolio of Motorola's core solutions including IP Multi-Media System (IMS) and Push-To- Talk over Cellular (PoC).



Motorola said this contract is its largest to date for the MSS-C platform. The VIVO deployment covers 25 Motorola SoftSwitches that will serve a capacity of over six million subscribers for the Brazilian network. The Motorola MSS-C currently in the VIVO network in Londrina is serving more than 100,000 commercial subscribers. VIVO has MSS-Cs slated for commercial deployment within third quarter 2004, with additional deployments scheduled for the remainder of 2004 and 2005. http://www.motorola.com