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3 Mobile First Carrier in Asia-Pacific to Deploy Fusion Cellular
Coverage System
InterReach Fusion® and InterReach Unison® Products Support
Capacity Upgrade for 3G Cellular Voice, Data, and Video Services
at Major Cricket Venues
SAN JOSE, CA, April 16, 2007—LGC Wireless, the leader in
advanced in-building wireless systems, today announced that 3 Mobile
is the first carrier in the Asia-Pacific region to deploy LGC’s
InterReach® Fusion product.
The Fusion system, which supports UMTS and W-CDMA voice, data,
and video services on several frequencies, was chosen as part of
the project to improve in-building coverage in major Australian
cricket venues in time for the 3 Mobile Ashes cricket series, the
biggest sporting event of the Australian summer. Fusion was deployed
at the Sydney Cricket Ground and LGC’s InterReach Unison
systems were deployed at Brisbane’s Woolloongabba (‘Gabba)
complex and at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
As the major sponsor of the 3 Mobile Ashes cricket series held
at the major venues in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, 3 Mobile
anticipated an increase in coverage demands for voice and its live
mobile Cricket TV product. The upgrade had to be completed in time
for thousands of Australian and English cricket fans to enjoy 3
Mobile’s services during the three-month cricket series,
which began in Brisbane in November 2006.
The upgrade project was awarded to Kordia™ Solutions, which
chose LGC Fusion and Unison systems provided by WiComm, LGC’s
value-added reseller in Australia.
Kordia Solutions’ Specialised Coverage Services group had
just two months to deploy the systems. The successful deployment
delivers enhanced coverage and capacity in all public areas of
these cricket grounds, including seating, food outlets, bars as
well as corporate suites, boxes, meeting and dining rooms.
“We were given the challenge to complete a deployment in
three large stadiums in a fraction of the time it would normally
require, and LGC worked hard to get the equipment to us quickly
in order to make it happen,” said Lindsay Patience, principal
consultant of Kordia™ Solutions’ Specialised Coverage
Services group. “Because the Fusion system is multi-carrier,
we needed only one set of electronics and standard CATV cabling
to serve both UMTS and W-CDMA frequencies throughout the Sydney
Cricket Ground.”
“LGC Wireless products were a key part of successfully delivering
improved coverage for 3 Mobile’s customers at a time when
demand in the stadiums was at an all-time high,” added Patience.
The Sydney Cricket Ground system includes two 3 Mobile base stations,
5 LGC main hubs, 9 expansion hubs, and 65 remote antennas to distribute
signals throughout the facility. At the ’Gabba, Kordia ™ installed
a 79-antenna Unison system. The Melbourne Cricket Ground also received
a smaller Unison system.
“LGC is the world leader in covering large public venues,
from cricket grounds for the 3 Mobile Ashes series in Australia
to the world’s major airports and stadiums, and we continue
to lead the market because our systems deliver the highest possible
performance with remarkable ease of deployment,” said John
Spindler, vice president of marketing at LGC Wireless. “3
Mobile has become the first international carrier to deploy our
new Fusion system in the Asia-Pacific, and we anticipate rising
deployments of that system throughout our global market.”
About LGC Wireless
With more than 10,000 deployments worldwide, LGC Wireless is the
leader in extending scalable, high-performance wireless coverage
and capacity inside buildings and public facilities. LGC’s
products offer low-cost installation, end-to-end monitoring and
management, and easy integration of emerging wireless technologies.
LGC Wireless is based in San Jose, California USA and is privately
held. For more information, please visit www.lgcwireless.com.
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