KT, LG-Nortel and Nortel Combine Expertise at Mobile WiMAX Service
Conformance Verification Center
Testbed Environment Enables Wireless Interoperability, Readiness
Evaluation of Mobile WiMAX Enabled Devices, Applications and Servers
SEOUL, KOREA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- June 06, 2007 -- KT, Korea's leading
telecommunications service provider, LG-Nortel and Nortel(1) (TSX:
NT)(NYSE: NT) have launched a joint collaboration initiative at KT's
Mobile WiMAX Service Conformance Verification Center (SCVC) in Seoul,
South Korea. LG-Nortel is a joint venture of LG Electronics and
Nortel.
The laboratory provides a venue for customers and other third parties
to evaluate the compliance of their products with Mobile WiMAX
(IEEE802.16e-2005) standards as well as test applications and
equipment from different manufacturers for seamless communications.
LG-Nortel and Nortel will supply and install Nortel's innovative
Mobile WiMAX technology at the center, and provide ongoing technical
support.
Building on KT's experience delivering WiBro and Mobile WiMAX
technology to the South Korea market, the SCVC will contribute to
developing a seamless transition path to facilitate the adoption of
global-standard Mobile WiMAX and interoperability with existing and
future WiBro equipment. The center will also facilitate KT's own
transition from existing Single Input / Single Output (SISO) to
next-generation Multiple Input / Multiple Output (MIMO) antennae,
enabling KT to take advantage of the benefits of MIMO technology.
These benefits include high bandwidth, improved range, and high
mobility at a lower cost.
"Consistent with our 'Life is Wonderful' motto, KT's vision is to
deliver highly optimized services for maximizing customer
satisfaction," said Chan Kyung Park, vice president, WiBro Technology
Department of the WiBro Business Group, KT Corp. "We have
considerable experience in using innovative WiBro technology to
deliver a richer wireless broadband experience to customers.
Collaborating with LG-Nortel and Nortel in this test environment will
help further that success by ensuring new Mobile WiMAX technologies
integrate smoothly into South Korea's world-leading WiBro wireless
broadband infrastructure."
"Mobile WiMAX has emerged as one of the world's leading 4G wireless
broadband access technologies and it will play a significant role in
the further expansion of cutting-edge information services across
South Korea and the rest of the world," said Peter MacKinnon,
chairman, LG-Nortel and general manager, Nortel WiMAX and Wireless
Mesh. "The opening of the Mobile WiMAX Service Conformance
Verification Center with KT will provide access to advanced Nortel 4G
technologies to help members of the expanding wireless broadband
ecosystem shape the next generation of wireless information
services."
The SCVC is built around Nortel's innovative WiMAX technology,
delivering an end-to-end solution comprised of Nortel's WiMAX Base
Transceiver Station (BTS) 5000 - the world's first MIMO-powered
solution, Access Service Network (ASN) Gateway, Connectivity Service
Network (CSN), and WiMAX PCMCIA cards provided by Nortel's
multi-vendor ecosystem members. Nortel recently announced the WiMAX
4G Ecosystem Center of Excellence in Taiwan which will promote
interoperability across WiMAX devices and applications such VoIP,
video streaming and IPTV.
Nortel has been involved in the development of OFDM/MIMO for more
than eight years, and plays a leading role in the standardization of
WiMAX technology. Nortel is a member of the WiMAX Forum and recently
joined 32 other companies at WiMAX Forum's third annual PlugFest to
conduct interoperability testing of its MIMO-enabled WiMAX solutions.
The WiMAX Forum is an industry organization that promotes the
interoperability and certification of wireless products for the
delivery of faster, more affordable data, voice and video services.
Nortel is conducting WiMAX trials and completing network deployments
around the world, notably with Chunghwa Telecom and the National
Taiwan University in Taiwan, Austar in Australia, Quad-Cities Online
and MSV in the United States, Wind Telecom in the Dominican Republic,
Craig Wireless in Greece, Golden Telecom in Russia, Telefonica
Moviles in Mexico and TVA in Brazil, as well as with Japan's Ministry
of Internal Affairs and Communications.
About KT
KT, Korea's top integrated wired/wireless communications service
provider, has been Korea's leader in the development of the
information and communications business for the last 25 years. In
that same time, it has helped turn Korea into an IT powerhouse with
the world's leading technology in the operation of broadband service.
With the commercial launch of the world's first wireless broadband
service (WiBro), KT is paving the way for U-Korea with ubiquitous
infrastructure through which people can share information wherever
they are.
About LG-Nortel
LG-Nortel is a joint venture of LG Electronics and Nortel.
Established in 2005, LG-Nortel provides leading edge
telecommunications equipment and network solutions, spanning wired
and wireless technologies, to service provider and enterprise
customers in Korea and around the world. LG-Nortel is also actively
developing next generation solutions for global markets, with over
1,000 skilled R&D engineers currently focused on wireless broadband
technology evolution and the development of powerful new product
lines. For more information on LG-Nortel, visit www.lg-nortel.com.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications
capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality
for our customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service
provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and
business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to
help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance
by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they
need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150
countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the
Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit
www.nortel.com/news.
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Contacts:
LG-Nortel
Bohyun Kim
+82 2 2005 2128
Email: kimvo@lg-nortel.com
LG-Nortel
Hyun Chul Ahn
+82 2 2005 2127
Email: hcan@lg-nortel.com
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