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Nokia to expand GSM network for KPN Telecom in the Netherlands
November 19, 1998
Nokia and KPN Telecom, Netherlands, have extended their long-term frame agreement for the supply of base stations, base station controllers, Nokia's Network Management System and implementation and maintenance services until the end of 2003. Nokia will also supply GSM 1800 base stations, giving KPN the capability to provide dual band services.
With this new deal, all of KPN's nationwide mobile traffic in the Netherlands will be handled through Nokia equipment. The value of the agreement is estimated to be several hundred million Guilders.
"We are pleased to continue and expand our partnership with Nokia," says Mr Wim van den Berg, Managing Director of Operations, Mobile Services, KPN Telecom. "Nokia's experience in the provision of dual band networks and state of the art GSM 900 and GSM 1800 network technology enables us to provide excellent mobile services to our customers."
"Nokia is proud that KPN is extending our relationship which began in 1993. KPN's nationwide capacity and extended mobile services in The Netherlands will be greatly enhanced as a result of this agreement," says Pentti Kamppinen, Managing Director, Nokia Nederland. "KPN will be able to deliver feature-rich voice and data services to existing GSM 900 and future GSM 1800 customers."
Nokia offers total GSM systems, with everything from digital mobile phones to transmission and switching as well as extensive services and network management solutions for building, efficiently operating and developing these networks. Having supplied GSM technology to 76 operators in 37 countries, Nokia ranks as the world's largest supplier of GSM 1800 networks and one of the two largest in GSM 900.
Nokia is the world's leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile and fixed telecom networks including related customer services. Nokia also supplies solutions and products for fixed and wireless datacom, as well as multimedia terminals and computer monitors. In 1997, net sales totaled FIM 52.6 billion (USD 9.8 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on five European Stock Exchanges and on the New York Stock Exchange (NOK.A), has sales in 130 countries and employs more than 42,000 people world-wide.
Contact information:
Arja Suominen, Vice President, Communications,
Nokia Telecommunications
Tel. (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8193
Fax (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
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