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VIVO, Lucent Announce Plan to Launch Super-Fast Mobile Data Network Trial in Brazil

Posted on: Sunday, 30 May 2004, 06:00 CDT

VIVO and Lucent Technologies announced plans to launch a super- fast mobile data network trial in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

This third-generation (3G) CDMA2000(R) 1xEV-DO trial network, supplied by Lucent, will enable VIVO to provide select business customers with secure mobile access to corporate applications such as e-mail and intranets at data speeds of up to 2.4 Megabits per second (Mbps) -- more than 40 times faster than wireline dial-up connections.

Lucent will upgrade 120 base stations to support CDMA2000 1xEV- DO, allowing VIVO customers from the main Brazilian markets to access the high-speed network by using their laptop PCs and personal digital assistants (PDAs) equipped with 1xEV-DO wireless modem cards. By providing secure mobile Internet Protocol (IP) virtual private network (VPN) connections on this high-speed data network, business customers can access the VIVO network as an extension of their corporate local area network (LAN) or intranet, allowing them to work from any location with the same level of speed and security they experience in the office. The 1xEV-DO network can be accessed wherever a cell phone can be used including airports and customer locations.

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