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#2182 6-Sep-2004 19:26

Has anybody in Chch or Auckland noticed many WCDMA panels appearing on any Voda sites yet? Here in Wgtn they seem to be making fairly good progress at installing the new panels, I wonder if Vodafone are going to try and push things along for a launch this side of Xmas to try and take the cherry off the T3G launch?

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#8315 7-Sep-2004 08:35

I honestly haven't noticed any around Christchurch. Perhaps Wellington is being used as a test bed before the rollout goes nationwide?

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#9371 15-Oct-2004 21:17

What do the panels look like?

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#9382 16-Oct-2004 11:32

Like a Antenna, 3G is a overlay so depending on the number of sectors you will see more

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#9386 16-Oct-2004 13:02

Their panels are quite skinny and long, similair in appearance to the Voda 1800Mhz panels and the existing WCDMA panels Woosh are rolling out on the Vodafone sites as well.

I'll try and remember to take my camera to the end of the st over the weekend and take a photo for you.

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#9414 16-Oct-2004 20:10

Im quite sure there is no woosh stuff on any vodafone sites!

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#9423 17-Oct-2004 09:33

Woosh and Vodafone have a deal to co-site their equipment on Vodafone sites which gives Vodafone a resell agreement. Their 4 sites in Wellington are all co-sited with Vodafone.

There are a few pictures on here of one of the Auckland sites which has both

http://pole.net.nz/james/cellsites/?page=photos&month=2004-03

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#9424 17-Oct-2004 10:50

They must be sharing roof tops, I have not seen any shared masts around yet, Woosh wireless will have there own agreement s for the same roof space

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#9431 17-Oct-2004 21:52

All of the sites in Wgtn are buildings, none are standalone masts. We do have the Police UHF antennas mounted on numerous Vodafone sites down here 1/2 way up though!

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#9580 24-Oct-2004 14:39

Can you tell me where some of them are in Wellington ? any easy to see from road level ?,
will be down that way Thursday .
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#9587 24-Oct-2004 19:41

Are you after the 3G panels or the Woosh ones?