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Nokia and Beijing TA, China, sign agreement for further expansion of Beijing dualband network
July 29, 1999
Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications Ltd and Beijing Nokia Hang Xing Telecommunications System Co., Ltd - two of Nokia's joint ventures in China, and Beijing Telecommunication Administration (BTA), have signed an agreement for further expansion of the BTA network in China.
The value of the contract is approximately USD 77 million. Deliveries will begin in August this year and the network additions are expected to be operational at the end of next year.
The agreement will enable BTA to meet the continuing demand for GSM services in Beijing. Nokia will deliver GSM 900 and GSM 1800 equipment including its mobile switching centres, home location registers, base stations and base station controllers. Nokia´s innovative Intelligent Network platform and Chinese Short Message Services are among the value added services currently in use in the network.
"With the continued application of the innovative mobile technology supplied by Nokia, Beijing TA will offer a more competitive and flexible high quality value added services to our customers," said Vice Director Ni YiLin, of Beijing TA.
"We are pleased to continue our close co-operation with Beijing TA, which began more than five years ago, indicating the continuing growth of GSM in China," says James Lin, President, Nokia, China. "This expansion will support new features in the network such as Prepaid services."
Nokia and Beijing Telecommunications Adminstration began their co-operation in May 1994, with Nokia delivering their first complete GSM 900 network. BTA applied subsequent network expansions in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998. The BTA network was the first system to support international roaming among GSM networks in China.
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 85 operators in 38 countries, Nokia ranks as one of the world's leading suppliers of GSM networks.
Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks including related services. It also supplies 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 and employs more than 51 000 people.
Contact information:
Communications Department,
Nokia Telecommunications
Tel. (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8193
Fax (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
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