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Nokia to expand Yunnan GSM dual band network in China
July 28, 1999
Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecom Ltd. (BNMT) and Yunnan Post and Telecommunication Administration (PTA) have signed an agreement valued at approximately USD 170 million for further expansion of the Yunnan GSM network in China.
Under the contract, Nokia will deliver GSM 900 and GSM 1800 equipment including its mobile switching centres, home location registers, base station controllers, base stations including the Nokia MetroSite solution designed for areas of dense call traffic, and the Nokia NMS 2000 network management system. In addition, a range of customer services including implementation, network planning, network optimisation and training will be provided.
The contract also includes Nokia's High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCD) solution, which enables data speeds of 14.4 kbit/s in a single traffic channel.
Nokia is the main supplier for the network. With this expansion, the capacity of the Yunnan network will more than double to serve approximately 2.3 million subscribers.
"We are pleased to continue our partnership with Yunnan to serve the rapidly growing cellular market in China," says James Lin, President, Nokia, China. "Nokia has worked together with Yunnan from phase one. This sixth expansion further underlines the confidence in our GSM technology in China. The HSCSD solution enables fast data speeds, making it possible to offer a wide range of data services to cellular 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, fixed and IP 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:
Arja Suominen, Vice President, Communications
Nokia Telecommunications
Tel. (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8193
Fax (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
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