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Telefónica, fiel a su compromiso de liderazgo tecnológico y a su firme apuesta por la innovación, es la primera operadora móvil española en lanzar ofertas de tarifas planas, junto al primer módem Dual Cell HSPA para navegar desde un PC o portátil a velocidades de hasta 42 Mbps. Las grandes empresas y los negocios podrán, a partir de octubre, acceder a esta nueva tecnología y a final de año podrán contratarlo los usuarios particulares.

Telefónica, el primer operador que lanzó comercialmente HSPA+ el pasado año, fortalece con este lanzamiento el compromiso con las necesidades de sus clientes. Para ello, la compañía ya ha comenzado a desplegar en Madrid y Barcelona la tecnología Dual Cell HSPA que permitirá duplicar la velocidad de acceso de los clientes hasta alcanzar los 42 megas.

Gracias a la nueva tecnología Dual Cell HSPA, la banda ancha móvil de Movistar mejora su velocidad de Red, permitiendo a los usuarios que naveguen con el nuevo módem Novatel, duplicar su velocidad actual. de conexión hasta el máximo de la Red (42 Mbps con cobertura Dual Cell). Por ejemplo, aquellos clientes que ahora mismo alcancen velocidades de tres megas reales, podrán disfrutar, gracias al despliegue de esta nueva tecnología, de hasta seis megas reales.

Dual Cell permite ofrecer velocidades de descarga de datos de hasta 42 Mbps y, de momento, irá acompañada de 5,7 Mbps para el envío de información. Además a partir del próximo año Telefónica irá introduciendo nuevas funcionalidades, terminales y dispositivos que permitirán alcanzar en un primer momento los 11,4 Mbps en el envío de datos.

El plan de extensión de esta nueva tecnología seguirá el mismo esquema que el de HSPA+ que se inició el año pasado y que terminará 2010 con todas las ciudades de más de 250.000 habitantes, así como las zonas turísticas y parques empresariales con cobertura de hasta 21 Mbps. De tal forma que a finales del próximo año esas mismas ciudades tengan la posibilidad de alcanzar los 42 megas.

Además, Movistar adapta su oferta comercial tanto a las necesidades de sus clientes como a las nuevas velocidades, mejorando las tarifas para clientes de uso intensivo. La Tarifa Plana Internet Plus y la Tarifa Plana Internet Maxi, pensadas específicamente para clientes con un uso intensivo de banda ancha móvil, se comercializarán con el módem Novatel Wireless MC545, el primero del mercado preparado para navegar con una velocidad de hasta 42Mbps y cambiarán su límite de velocidad máxima hasta ahora de 7Mbps y 10Mbps, respectivamente hasta la máxima velocidad que conceda la Red.

La Tarifa Plana Internet Maxi está pensada para los negocios que hacen un uso intensivo de datos en movilidad. Por una cuota mensual de 49€, incluye tráfico ilimitado. Los clientes de esta tarifa podrán disfrutar de la mayor calidad de servicio ofrecida por la red movistar dentro de los 10GBytes de su franquicia. Además, durante los tres primeros meses de conexión los usuarios tendrán una promoción del 50% de descuento en las cuotas mensuales y podrán adquirir el módem por tan sólo 19 euros.

La Tarifa Plana Internet Plus, dirigida al público empresarial con un uso habitual de los datos en movilidad, permite, por 39€ al mes, disponer de conexión de datos desde un PC con tráfico ilimitado y con una calidad de descarga que ahora se incrementa hasta la velocidad máxima de la Red con una franquicia de 5 Gbytes.

Fiel al espíritu innovador, la operadora continúa con sus planes de valoración e introducción de tecnologías de red que demuestren las mejores prestaciones como el MIMO y el LTE.

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Novatel Wireless (Nasdaq: NVTL), a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, is pleased to announce that its MiFi(TM) Intelligent Mobile Hotspot has been named the Most Innovative Product (non-Handset) in the 2010 Mobile News Awards.

The MiFi platform represents the industry’s first Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, a new category of mobile broadband that lets users put their world of content, services and connectivity in their pocket. Unlike existing router solutions that require an external broadband modem and serve only to provide connectivity, the MiFi platform creates a personal cloud of high-speed Internet connectivity that can be easily shared between multiple users and up to five Wi-Fi devices such as laptops, cameras, gaming devices and multimedia players. The MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot serves as an intelligent, open platform capable of hosting advanced software applications and is flexible enough to address the continued evolution of mobile broadband.

"This recognition from Mobile News highlights the unrivaled functionality, flexibility and convenience of the MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot product line, as well as Novatel Wireless’ ongoing dedication to leading the industry with innovative mobile connectivity solutions for our customers," said Rob Hadley, CMO, Novatel Wireless. "It is an honor to be named the winner of this global, industry wide competition."

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Novatel Wireless (Nasdaq: NVTL), a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, today announced that it has successfully interoperated with and will be utilizing the Spirent 8100 LTE RF Performance test solution, to test all aspects of its Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G devices prior to launch. The Spirent 8100 incorporate the market leading LTE Network Emulator which has been developed in collaboration with AT4 wireless, a wireless testing service and test solutions company.

Built on cutting-edge technologies from Spirent Communications and AT4 wireless, the Spirent 8100 LTE RF Performance test solution delivers a unique multi-technology, multi-cell capability that enables all aspects of LTE multi-mode (LTE with CDMA/EV-DO and/or UMTS) device performance to be fully tested in the lab prior to commercial launch helping to assure high levels of device performance as well as streamlined carrier device accreditation cycles. LTE provides high data rates of up to 50 Mbps on the uplink and 100 Mbps on the downlink, while offering an enhanced user experience by leveraging new, wider bandwidth spectrum. Many operators are already planning to overlay LTE on their 3G networks to augment data capacity. Novatel Wireless is working with operators and plans to launch commercial data devices in late 2010.

"It is critical that LTE-capable devices integrate effortlessly with legacy networks, as user satisfaction with device performance will play an important role in the future success of LTE deployments," said Nigel Wright, vice president of marketing, Spirent Communications. "We look forward to working with Novatel Wireless to help ensure market-leading performance of their LTE devices."

"As a global supplier of testing solutions for wireless technologies, AT4 prides itself on being both the most complete wireless certification and testing laboratory in the world and a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge test and measurement equipment for telecommunication technologies," said Alejandro Torrecilla, business development manager, AT4 wireless. "Working with Novatel Wireless and Spirent allows us to apply our technology to a broader range of markets beyond just device conformance testing, while supporting the continued evolution of advanced wireless technologies."

"Thoroughly validating LTE multi-mode device performance through comprehensive testing prior to launch enables us to offer innovative 4G wireless data products to our customers with the fastest possible time to market," said Rob Hadley, CMO, Novatel Wireless. "Leveraging Spirent’s strengths in device performance testing and AT4 wireless’ vast experience in conformance testing ensures that our next generation LTE devices perform well and work seamlessly with legacy networks."

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International CTIA Wireless 2010 (1506, Central Hall 3) – Novatel Wireless, Inc., (Nasdaq: NVTL) a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, today announced the launch of NovaDrive(TM) powered by Nomadesk technology, a MiFi(TM) Trusted Partner. NovaDrive gives Novatel Wireless MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot customers, as well as other mobile broadband users, the ability to share, synchronize, encrypt, back-up and store files to access from any laptop or web-based, hand-held mobile device. Novatel customers can download a free 30-day trial of NovaDrive at www.NovaDrive.net.

The MiFi platform represents the industry’s first Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, a new product category for mobile broadband that lets users put their world of content, services and connectivity in their pocket. Unlike existing router solutions that require an external broadband USB modem and serve only to provide connectivity, the MiFi platform creates a personal cloud of high-speed Internet connectivity that can be easily shared between multiple users and up to five Wi-Fi devices such as laptops, tablets, cameras, gaming devices and multimedia players.

NovaDrive gives mobile users increased access to their data from any location, while providing an extra layer of security and unlimited storage.* With this launch, Novatel Wireless will offer existing MiFi customers and other broadband users a free downloadable NovaDrive account at www.NovaDrive.net. Customers can sign-up to receive a personal file server with unlimited capacity, and all the other NovaDrive features, for approximately $50 per year, or a business file server, which provides unlimited storage and collaboration with an unlimited number of team members, for $15 per month. For added protection, NovaDrive also supports TheftGuard(TM) technology, where users can shred or restore data remotely in the event of theft and they can even locate the mobile device using GoogleMaps.

"This offering will provide our existing MiFi community, and other potential MiFi users, with premier cloud storage services seen in the market today," said Rob Hadley, CMO, Novatel Wireless, Inc. "We are very happy to bring to market a cloud-based solution with unlimited storage capacity, 256-bit encryption, and added security service to store and share photos, videos, presentations and documents through any mobile device. We look forward to expanding this offering quickly to support the MiFi local storage which allows seamless access and synchronization to the SD removable storage on MiFi to and from the cloud."

Millions of people risk losing their unprotected, critical data every day. As the amount of unprotected data stored on multiple devices increases, it becomes harder to synchronize and easier to lose. Keeping data secure, synchronized, backed up and available can be expensive and require in-house IT expertise. When customers are working on the road, NovaDrive allows individuals and business teams to secure, sync, share and backup data with no limits or change in behavior. NovaDrive acts just like a hard drive, storing important documents in one place with remote access. Users simply drag and drop their docs into the mobile file server, and files are immediately encrypted, backed up and available for file sharing.

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Novatel Wireless (Nasdaq: NVTL), a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, today announced that it has successfully completed over the air testing of its new MiFi(TM) Intelligent Mobile Hotspot prototype based on 4G-WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access). Novatel’s WiMAX implementation immediately achieved throughput of 18Mbps in over-the-air testing and can support theoretical peak throughput speeds exceeding 30Mbps downlink and 10Mbps uplink in a 10 MHz channel.

"Novatel Wireless is pleased to support the growing 4G ecosystem and the evolution of next-generation communications with this milestone WiMAX call," said Rob Hadley, CMO, Novatel Wireless. "The combination of our intelligent software platform on MiFi with 4G speeds from Beceem’s high-performance 4G-WiMAX chips will open up new opportunities for the growing number of initiatives involving 4G mobile broadband applications and services."

"We are delighted to work with industry leaders such as Novatel Wireless to provide cutting edge solutions that keep customers connected while on the go," said Babu Mandava, CEO, Beceem Communications. "We believe combining the power of our 4G-WiMAX chips with the intelligence and innovation of the MiFi product line will allow Novatel to deliver enhanced functionality, performance and an unrivaled user experience."

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Novatel Wireless (Nasdaq: NVTL), a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, today announced that it has completed a technology transfer with Qualcomm Incorporated of two Qualcomm Wearable Mobile Device module designs, enabling the expansion of Novatel Wireless’ portfolio of innovative embedded machine to machine (M2M) and consumer electronic (CE) devices.

The Qualcomm Wearable Mobile Device 1X and 1X EV-DO Rev. A are industry leading modules that support integrated GPS, accelerometer and Bluetooth technologies. With data and voice support for 1X and 1X EV-DO Rev. A networks, a standardized USB 2.0 interface and defined APIs and development kit, the modules provide unprecedented functionality and streamlined 3G connectivity for M2M and CE devices.

"With these cutting-edge Wearable Mobile Device module designs from Qualcomm, Novatel Wireless will be able to continue to expand its broad portfolio to meet customer and market demands," said Dr. Slim Souissi, CTO, Novatel Wireless. "Collaboration with industry leaders such as Qualcomm allows Novatel Wireless to focus on services and software development while lowering in house research and development costs and accelerating time to market for best in class solutions."

"Qualcomm is pleased to share its innovative Wearable Mobile Device module technology with Novatel," said Jack Steenstra, Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm. "Qualcomm’s Wearable Mobile Device module designs enable the development of very small form factor devices. This technology transfer agreement will allow Novatel Wireless to commercialize the Wearable Mobile Device WMD-1X and EV-DO modules under its existing agreements with Qualcomm, making them readily available to device developers."

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