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Nokia to supply fourth GSM network expansion to Zhejiang Mobile Communications Co., LTD in USD 200 million contract
June 11, 1998
In a contract valued at around USD 200 million, Zhejiang Mobile Communications Co., LTD (ZMCC), China have selected Nokia to provide the fourth expansion to its GSM 900 network. Deliveries will begin immediately.
Nokia will deliver high capacity mobile switching centres (MSC), home location registers (HLR), base station controllers and base stations to ZMCC. Nokia will also provide NMS/2000 equipment, as well as supplying services, including installation, network planning and optimisation, training and technical support. This expansion will cover Wenzhou, Ningbo and Taizhou areas in the Zhejiang Province.
"Nokia and Zhejiang began their co-operation in 1995 and we have worked together to build Zhejiang's GSM network to its current level of over one million subscribers in just three years. Having enjoyed such a successful co-operation throughout the first three phases, we are now looking forward to continuing throughout this fourth expansion phase," states Mr Folke Ahlbäck, Senior Vice President, Nokia, Greater China.
Nokia offers total GSM systems, with everything from digital mobile phones to transmission and switching as well as extensive services for building, efficiently operating and developing these networks. Having supplied GSM technology to 70 operators in 36 countries, Nokia ranks as the world's largest supplier of GSM 1800 networks and one of the two largest in GSM 900.
Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is a broad-scope telecommunications company supplying mobile phones, mobile and fixed telecommunications networks, data communications solutions, multimedia terminals and computer monitors. With sales in 130 countries, net sales totaled FIM 52.6 billion ($9.8 billion) in 1997. Nokia, listed on NYSE (NOK.A), employs more than 38,000 people worldwide.
Further information:
Ms Arja Suominen, Vice President, Communications
Nokia Telecommunications
Tel. (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8193
Fax (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
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