With the expansion of applications for smart phones and with 3G and 4G networks being deployed and planned, cellular network capacity and technology are getting a lot of attention with wireless telecommunications carriers. The demand for higher data rates (broadband) and the abundance of more capable smart phones guarantee:

• Customers will demand more data
• Cellular networks must have greater capacity and,
• Wireless carriers are in a position to increase wireless revenues if they can meet the demand for features and capacity.

Vista is well positioned to support wireless carriers with new cellular network infrastructure deployments, including equipment upgrades, tower construction, and wireless backhauls.

What is a Cellular Network?

A cellular network is a radio telecommunications network that provides wireless communications infrastructure to support mobile radio transceivers (cell phones) located throughout a geographical coverage area. This geographical area consists of many smaller coverage areas called cells where the mobile cell phones are supported by a stationary or fixed-location transceiver called a base station. Base stations provide wireless communications coverage for cells that combine to make up a much larger coverage area consisting of the cellular network. This cellular network design allows for:

• Frequency reuse that results in increased capacity and increased coverage and,
• Reduced transmit power thereby simplifying cellular phone radios and simplifying battery requirements.

Cellular Network Technology Evolution

In recent years wireless communications carriers have been deploying 3^rd Generation (3G) cellular networks to keep up with customer demand for data and capability, with the technologies  meeting the 3G requirements being WiMAX, UMTS, GSM EDGE, and CDMA2000. Evolution from 3G is underway with enhancements to the WiMAX and UMTS technologies providing greater network throughput. The enhanced WiMAX technology will mean a new revision of the IEEE 802.16 standard, and the revised UMTS standard will evolve from the Long Term Evolution (LTE) project with the enhanced technologies including High Speed OFDM Packet Access (HSOPA) and Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA). The ultimate goals of both technology development streams is to achieve 4^th Generation (4G) capabilities that include all Internet Protocol (IP) access with data speeds over 1 Gigabits per second for low subscriber mobility, and data speeds over 100 Megabits per second for high subscriber mobility.

Vista Telecom Networks provides wireless network infrastructure and services that enable wireless carriers to evolve their cellular networks.

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