Nortel slected to supply Verizon advanced CDMA 1xEV-DO Revis

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Nortel has been selected to supply Verizon with advanced CDMA 1xEV-DO Revision (Rev.) A technology beginning in the third quarter of 2006. This upgrade will provide data speeds significantly faster than current capabilities and meet customer demand for more high-bandwidth, real-time wireless services such as VoIP, video telephony and advanced multimedia applications. Financial details of the agreement are not being disclosed.

Verizon is currently trialing new, low-latency applications with Nortel EV-DO Rev. A technology, including push-to-talk, fixed mobile convergence, VoIP and messaging services. Nortel has been a supplier to Verizon' nationwide network for over a decade. Nortel was the primary infrastructure supplier in San Diego for Verizon Wireless' initial commercial deployment of BroadbandAccess, which leverages EV-DO Revision 0 technology, in October 2003.

EV-DO Rev. A allows Verizon Wireless to provide higher network transmission speeds with lower latency to ensure the highest quality user experiences. Nortel's EV-DO Rev. A solution is capable of providing peak data rates of up to 3.1 Mbps on the forward link (information flowing from the cellular base station to the subscriber) and up to 1.8 Mbps on the reverse link (information flowing from the subscriber back to the cellular base station). Nortel has been a major contributor to the development of 1xEV-DO Rev 0 and Rev. A standards in 3GPP2 and proposed key concepts to the standards for improving the transmission capabilities.