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Nokia to expand Taiyuan GSM network in China
March 22, 1999
Nokia and Taiyuan Telecommunications Bureau have signed an agreement valued at approximately USD 50 million for further expansion of the Taiyuan GSM network in China.
Nokia will deliver GSM 900 equipment including its mobile switching centres home location registers, base station controllers and base stations. Nokia will also supply customer services including installation, network planning and optimization, technical support and software upgrades to MII Phase 2 specification. Deliveries will begin immediately and the expansion should be operational during the first quarter of next year.
Nokia will remain as the main supplier for the network and with this third expansion, the capacity in the Taiyan network will more than double, to serve half a million subscribers.
"We are pleased to continue our partnership with Taiyuan, Nokia has been the main supplier for their GSM 900 network since 1997," says Folke Ahlbäck, Senior Vice President, Nokia, China. "Nokia is continuing to build on its position as one of the leading network suppliers in the country, as the popularity of GSM continues to grow in China."
With many technological innovations and industry firsts in China, Nokia is a leading supplier of mobile phones and network equipment to China´s demanding telecommunications market. Nokia has seven production sites in China, as well as a global R&D unit and offices nationwide, employing a total of around 3,000 people.
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 79 operators in 37 countries, Nokia ranks as one of the world's leading suppliers of GSM networks.
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 1998, net sales totaled FIM 79.2 billion (USD 15.7 billion, EUR 13.3 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on five European Stock Exchanges and on the New York Stock Exchange (NOK.A), has sales in over 130 countries and employs more than 44,000 people worldwide.
Contact information:
Communications Department
Nokia Telecommunications
Tel: (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8193
Fax: (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
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