Wednesday, October 27, 2004

VIVO Launches CDMA2000 1xEV-DO with Lucent

Wednesday, October 27, 2004    

VIVO announced the commercial launch of a 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network in the in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro regions of Brazil. This Lucent-supplied network enables VIVO to provide mobile data services at speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps to laptops and PDAs equipped with 1x-EV-DO PC cards. For the commercial network launch, Lucent upgraded VIVO's Lucent-supplied base stations to support CDMA2000 1xEV-DO. Lucent Worldwide Services provided network integration and installation services. http://www.vivo.com.brhttp://www.lucent.com