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Nokia delivers a GSM 1800 network to Oulun Puhelin, Finland
August 19, 1998
Nokia and Oulun Puhelin Oy have signed an agreement for the delivery of a complete GSM 1800 network to Oulun Puhelin telephone company in Oulu, Northern Finland.
Nokia will deliver mobile switching equipment and a base station system to Oulun Puhelin. The equipment will be used to build a GSM 1800 city network in the city of Oulu and the surrounding area.
"We have tested the GSM based Nokia DAXnode 5000 WLL-solution for wireless telephone services, and decided to build a complete GSM 1800 network. We chose Nokia based on the good experience achieved so far. It is important for us to be involved in the growing wireless telecommunications market and development of transport technologies. The new city phone brings mobile telecommunications services to our customers at a reasonable price" says Mr. Risto Siivola, Managing Director, Oulun Puhelin Oy.
"Nokia and Oulun Puhelin have done co-operation for a long time, and we are happy to continue this co-operation now as a supplier of a GSM 1800 network", comments Mr. Juhani Koivula, Nokia Telecommunications Area General Manager for Finland and Baltic countries. "Nokia's GSM 1800 technology will bring to the customers of Oulun Puhelin a range of advanced GSM services, such as short messaging, and the range of services can easily be expanded."
Oulun Puhelin belongs to the Finnet Group, a consortium of 45 private local telephone companies in Finland. Oulun Puhelin has 84 000 subscribers and it covers an area of 17 400 sq. km in and around the city of Oulu.
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 73 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.
Nokia is a broad-scope communications company supplying mobile phones, mobile and fixed telecommunications networks, wireless data communications solutions, multimedia terminals and computer monitors. In 1997, net sales totalled FIM 52.6 billion ($9.8 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the NYSE (NOK.A), has sales in 130 countries and employs more than 41,000 people worldwide.
Contact 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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