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Brazil uses CDMA2000 version of 3G to promise "up to 2.4 megabits" wireless broadband

by Guy Kewney | posted on 31 August 2004


According to ET Mag, Vivo and Motorola Industrial Ltda, the Brazilian subsidiary of Motorola "have launched a trial of Motorola's CDMA2000 1xEV-DO high-speed mobile broadband network solution on the carrier's network in Curitiba, Parana State."

Guy Kewney

This 3G service "will enable subscribers to experience high data rates -- at peak speeds of up to 2.4 Megabits per second -- that will provide them ready access to real-time services and applications such as e-mail, the Internet, music and file downloading, video and audio streaming."

The full story reports from the Winter Festival in Campos do Jordao, Brazil.


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