Huawei Tests Indoor Coverage Solution with OPTIMUS


[Lisbon, Portugal - February 13th, 2007] Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd ("Huawei"), a leader in providing customized mobile network solutions for operators around the world, and OPTIMUS, one of the leading telecommunications companies in Portugal, today announced the launch of the trial project in Lisbon with Huawei's indoor coverage solution - iDBS.

Due to the increasingly significant role it has played in 3G communication, indoor coverage has attracted more attention from operators around the world. To respond to the requirements of customers, Huawei has promoted its next generation indoor coverage solution, iDBS, based on the available distributed base station solution. iDBS, the HSDPA enabled solution, can enhance the network capacity and improve the network performance, which can bring the better experience to indoor customers.

The trial project, which will be carried out in a chosen building accessing OPTIMUS' real network, will sufficiently test both the product features and networking capabilities of iDBS. The test will help OPTIMUS, which is one of the first worldwide operators concerning the indoor coverage, to deploy the indoor coverage and provide high quality service to their subscribers.

About Huawei

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei") is a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world. The company is dedicated to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and potential growth for its customers. Huawei's products and solutions are deployed in over 100 countries and serve 31 of the world's top 50 operators, as well as over one billion users worldwide. For more information, please visit www.huawei.com.

About Optimus

Since its launch in 1998, Optimus has been continuously growing in the Portuguese market with one goal in mind: to lead the Portuguese telecommunications market by offering high-quality services and mobile phones to its customers that make people's lives easier.

Optimus is the only telecommunications operator in the world to have received three GSM Awards for three consecutive years and has been recently recognized by the national telecommunications regulator as the best network operator in the Portuguese market. More information about Optimus is available at www.optimus.pt.

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