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Huawei announced that its has successfully enabled Latin America's first 3G (UMTS) call in Uruguay. The historical call, which was made through Administracin Nacional de Telecomunicaciones ("ANTEL"), one of Uruguay's leading telecom operators, was based on Huawei Technologies' end-to-end R4-based UMTS network.

At the celebration ceremony, Ms. Maria Simon, President of ANTEL said, "It is an exciting moment for Latin Americans, as this historical 3G call made available with Huawei Technologies' UMTS solution, marked the first time for Latin Americans to experience enriched telecommunications via 3G technology,"

"Huawei Technologies is committed to enriching people's life through advanced technologies such as 3G. ANTEL selected Huawei Technologies' end-to-end R4-based UMTS solution to help them create and provide new, exciting services, including video phone, high-speed internet, live TV, real-time monitoring, multimedia services, to Uruguay's people," said Mr. Philip Jiang, President of Huawei Technologies' Latin American Region. "We look forward to further co-operating with ANTEL to bring more colourful, high-quality communications services to Latin Americans."

"The advanced and innovative 3G technology that Huawei Technologies brings to the people of Uruguay resulted from the successful co-operation between ANTEL and Huawei Technologies., and we look forward to further strengthening our fruitful relationship with Huawei Technologies," Ms. Simon. added.

Mr. Jorge Lepra, Uruguay's Minister of Industry & Energy and Mr. Yong-zhan Wang, China's Ambassador for the country witnessed the historical moment of Latin America's first 3G mobile phone call connected in Uruguay.

Huawei Technologies' end-to-end UMTS is a tailor-made solution for mobile networks, providine high-quality value-added mobile services via UMTS Territory Radio Access Network ("UTRAN") of Smart Capacity & Coverage ("SC&C") technology, compatible core networks for GSM/ GPRS/ 3GPP R99/ 3GPP R4, open intelligent networks and mobile data platforms, transport and signaling solutions tailored for mobile networks, uniform network management solutions, and operating support systems. Huawei Technologies also offers UMTS handsets and user devices.

Huawei Technologies' UMTS networks have been commercially deployed by over 74 operators serving 26 million subscribers across the globe. Among them, 11 commercial networks and 50 trial networks are using Huawei Technologies' solutions and technologies. As a leading supplier in the global telecom industry, Huawei Technologies is dedicated to undertaking research and development of leading mobile technology and value-added service solutions wit the aim to provide high-quality and customized solutions to customers all over the world.