Nortel Powers go Mobile's New Broadband Wireless Services

First Operator to Provide a Broadband Wireless Network in Malta go mobile, a wireless operator in Malta, is providing newbroadband mobile services such as video, TV and gaming powered byEDGE technology from Nortel(x) . "By upgrading our nationwide GPRS network with Nortel's EDGEtechnology , go mobile becomes the first mobile operator in Malta tooffer high bandwidth applications like streaming video on a mobilephone," explains Martin Zammit, senior executive engineering at gomobile. "The upgrade of our network is part of go mobile'shigh-speed broadband network evolution leading to the launch of 3Gservices next year. Our investment in EDGE technology ensures thatgo mobile delivers the fastest nationwide mobile network in Malta." Nortel's EDGE technology allows go mobile subscribers to accesscontent on their mobile phones at speeds up to four times fasterthan previous network capabilities. "Nortel's technology is helping go mobile bring a new era ofwireless broadband services to Malta," said Jean-Luc Jezouin, GSMand UMTS vice president for Nortel. "Our EDGE solution is designedto help operators increase network capacity, lower operational costsand offer the kind of innovative wireless broadband services thatdrive new sources of revenue." The current go mobile EDGE deployment is the company's latestcollaboration with Nortel. It was completed using installation andcommissioning services from the Nortel Global Services portfolio.Nortel is also providing support and maintenance services for allnetwork elements through 2011. Over the past five years, Nortel hasprovided GPRS and GSM technologies for go mobile's network. Nortel EDGE technology helps GSM operators offer high-speed dataservices to end users, serve more mobile customers, and increase GSMnetwork capacity to accommodate additional voice traffic. Nortel'sEDGE offering includes a power amplifier solution that is designedto improve performance and allows an upgrade to EDGE to beaccomplished without network redesign. The Nortel EDGE technologyalso provides a larger coverage area with the same quality ofservice compared to other industry products.