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Nokia Supplies GSM Network to Henan PTA in China
October 09, 1995
Nokia Telecommunications and Henan Post and Telecommunications Administration (PTA) have signed an agreement for the supply of a GSM digital cellular network to the Hennan province in China. Deliveries will begin during 1995 and the network will be taken into operation in March 1996. The capacity of the network will be approximately 60,000 subscribers.
Nokia will deliver to Henan PTA the complete GSM infrastructure including a Nokia DX 200 mobile switching centre, base stations, base station controllers, operation and maintenance centre, as well as network planning and measurement tools. Nokia will also provide training for the operator's personnel.
Previously, Nokia supplied a GSM network to Beijing Telecommunications Administration in 1994 and expanded the network this year. In April, 1995, Nokia signed an agreement with Fujian Post and Telecommunications Administration for the supply of a GSM network to Fujian province. In June, Nokia announced an agreement with Shanghai Unicom for the supply of GSM base station subsystems. In August, 1995, Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications Ltd. and Zhejiang Post and Telecommunications Administration signed a contract for the supply of a GSM network to Zhejiang province.
Nokia is a Finland-based telecommunications group with net sales in USD 6.3 billion in 1994 and personnel numbering 31,000 people. Nokia is a world leader in GSM/DCS cellular networks, and to date, Nokia GSM/DCS technology has been supplied to or ordered by 35 operators in 24 countries.
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