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Nokia to supply further GSM network expansion to Zhejiang Mobile Communications Co., Ltd in China
May 07, 1999
Nokia and Zhejiang Mobile Communications Co., Ltd (ZMCC) have signed an agreement for the expansion of its GSM network in China. The contract is valued at approximately USD 30 million.
Nokia will deliver base station controllers and base stations to ZMCC. In addition, a range of customer services including implementation, network planning and helpdesk support will be supplied. Deliveries will begin during May and the expansion is expected to be operational at the end of August this year.
"We are very pleased to continue our long-standing co-operation with Zhejiang," says James Lin, President, Nokia, China. "Nokia and Zhejiang have been working together to build this network to accommodate almost two million subscribers in less than four years - an indication of the rapid growth of digital mobile communications in China."
Nokia announced an agreement covering the first phase of the Zhejiang GSM network in August, 1995. The network currently covers two regions and one major city; Wenzhou and Taizhou as well as one of China's busiest harbour cities, Ningbo. This expansion will increase the capacity of network to more than 1.7 million subscribers.
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 over 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 83 operators in 38 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 displays. In 1998, net sales totaled EUR 13.3 billion (USD 15.7 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges, has sales in over 130 countries and employs more than 47,000 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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