Which network vendors can build a turn key 3G network?
No network vendor can supply all equipment and components to the full a 3G network, but quite a few can be a main contractor to build a turn-key 3G network. Normally network vendors can bring in partners like service and applications providers, hand set manufactures, civil work and acquisition companies etc.
No network vendor can supply all equipment and components to the full a 3G network, but quite a few can be a main contractor to build a turn-key 3G network. Normally network vendors can bring in partners like service and applications providers, hand set manufactures, civil work and acquisition companies etc. Current short list of main vendors for turn-key UMTS networks: • Alcatel • Ericsson • Lucent • Motorola • Nokia • Nortel • Siemens/NEC Current short list of main vendors for turn-key cdma2000 networks: • Ericsson • LG Electronics • Lucent • Motorola • Nortel • Samsung Who much does 3G network cost to build? Good source of information is to contract announcements and annual reports. Those usually tell how much money an operator will spend on infrastructure. In every country each carrier has to spend around same amount of money to build a same size 3G network, so if you see one of the operator’s spending figures, all other operators use similar sums of money per subscriber. Sometimes
