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[Shenzhen China–13 November 2007] Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced a successful testing, in collaboration with Qualcomm, of an overall solution for CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev.A access to the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network and the world's first successful end-to-end Voice Over IP (VoIP) call in Shanghai. Utilizing EV-DO Rev.A with IMS will enable Service Providers enjoying benefits of an all-IP network and providing new services, including seamless roaming from fixed telephones to mobile handsets.

This test included interoperability trials using Huawei's 1xEV-DO Rev. A and IMS system, all-IP transmission system, CDMA IP BTS based on the UMB technology and devices enabled by Qualcomm's MSM6800A™ chipset and IMS device client solution. It verifies the clear advantage of EV-DO Rev.A accessed IMS over traditional voice technologies in providing increased capacity and transmission savings.

EV-DO Rev.A accessed IMS is an important milestone for the CDMA network in realizing an all-IP revolution. Through this technology, users can continue to enjoy high quality voice services. At the same time, the successful breakthrough of this technology will greatly influence future operations of communications service providers. The VoIP technology used in Huawei's test is based entirely on the 3GPP2 standard, not only providing high quality voice services and guaranteeing QoS, but allowing the service provider to control charges and security, making it an operational mobile technology.

"Integration of IP in mobile networks has already become a development trend for future mobile networks. This joint test is an important breakthrough in realizing commercial VoIP on a CDMA 2000 1x EV-DO Rev.A network," said Frank Meng, president of Qualcomm Greater China. "Qualcomm will continue to cooperate closely with our partners in the wireless industry, including Huawei, by providing innovative and competitive products and solutions that support the global market."

Ding Yun, president of Huawei Core Networks said, "Huawei's IMS is working toward all-IP development, helping service providers continue to integrate voice and new multimedia services, thus, benefiting consumers, while at the same time, fulfilling our promise to support our customers in increasing their market competitiveness."

With the all-IP network installed, operators can easily meet the communication needs in densely populated urban areas and sparsely populated rural areas without capacity problems. At the same time, operators can also roll out more and diverse mobile broadband services and features such as VoIP, videophone, mobile TV and VOD (Video on Demand). In addition, an all IP solution is highly scalable, and reduces construction and operation costs by more than 50 percent. Hence, compared with the traditional networking technology, the all-IP networking is more convenient and flexible, and it fully utilizes the advantage of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A. Currently, Huawei serves more than 100 million CDMA users worldwide, and has won 51 EV-DO commercial contracts.


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