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Nokia to expand Tele Danmark's GSM dual band network
August 31, 1999
A new GSM customer for Nokia in Denmark
Nokia and Tele Danmark have signed a frame agreement for further expansion of Tele Denmark's GSM network in Denmark.
Under the contract, Nokia will deliver GSM 900 and GSM 1800 equipment to Tele Danmark, including base stations, base station controllers and the Nokia NMS 2000 network management system. In addition, a range of customer services including implementation, network operation, network optimisation and training will be provided. The new system will be taken into commercial use in October 1999, offering Tele Danmark's customers increased GSM capacity.
The contract also includes Nokia's High-Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) solution.
"Nokia has worked together with Tele Danmark for many years in the area of fixed networks and international investments. We are now very pleased to further expand our cooperation into GSM business in Denmark. This agreement further underlines our good cooperation with Tele Danmark, " says Mr. Steen Boas Andersen, Managing Director, Nokia, Denmark.
Mads Rasmussen, Vice President, Tele Danmark Mobile Networks, states: "Tele Danmark is the leading GSM operator in Denmark. We expand our GSM network continuously in order to provide our customers the leading edge technology and feature offerings. We are pleased to welcome Nokia into our network."
Tele Danmark is today an international company with approximately 17,000 employees and strong roots in the Danish society. Through its international commitments Tele Danmark functions as a general provider of tele and data communications, offering telephone, Internet, electronic mail, mobile phone, fax and cable TV services. Tele Danmark sees it as part of its mission to ensure the public access to information technology at an affordable price.
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 86 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:
Arja Suominen, Vice President, Communications
Nokia Telecommunications
Tel. (Int.) +359 9 5113 8198
Fax (Int.) +358 9 5113 8199
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