Huawei has been awarded a High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network expansion contract by Vodafone that will serve all the seven major cities in Spain, including Barcelona and Madrid.  This HSPA expansion contract follows the successful deployment of Huawei's first contract with Vodafone Spain, signed in August 2006.  With this contract, Huawei has greatly increased its market share with Vodafone Spain as well as become its major HSPA mobile network partner. Under the HSPA agreement, Huawei has supplied Vodafone Spain with innovative Distributed Node Bs. The Node Bs' Remote Radio Unit (RRU), with an output power of 40W, can be installed directly on masts, decreasing power loss and increasing network coverage and performance. These features boost the performance of HSPA networks. Since the deployment the first phase of the HSPA project, a subscriber survey by Vodafone has indicated improved network performance.
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