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Nokia to supply TETRA network in Lazio, Italy
August 30, 1999
Nokia, working in co-operation with a temporary group of Italian companies SITE SpA, TELI SpA, Convert Italia SpA and ETS srl, has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a turnkey digital TETRA professional mobile radio network to Arma Dei Carabinieri, in the Lazio region, in Italy. The contract, valued at approximately EUR 26 million, marks a new TETRA customer for Nokia.
The first phase of the network is expected to be in operation at the end of this year and will enable secure, professional services for Italy's national police force. It will provide coverage for Lazio, including enhanced services for Year 2000 celebrations in Rome.
Nokia will deliver and implement a complete TETRA network including switches, base stations, dispatching equipment, network management system, terminals and related customer services.
"We are very happy to have reached this significant deal which demonstrates Nokia's leadership in TETRA technology." Says Pentti Kamppinen, Managing Director, Nokia Italia SpA. "This is very important in strengthening the application of TETRA for professional mobile radio users in Europe."
Nokia Italia SpA currently employs approximately 550 people. The whole portfolio of Nokia's products are sold in Italy, including telecommunications equipment and systems, mobile phones, multimedia terminals and monitors.
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.) + 358 9 5113 8193,
Fax (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
Notes to editors:
Nokia is the world's leading supplier of TETRA systems, consisting of digital exchanges, base stations, dispatcher system and network management centre. The infrastructure is supported by Nokia's mobile and handportable radio terminals.
In March 1998, Dolphin and Nokia announced a contract for the delivery of the world's first nationwide commercial TETRA network to the United Kingdom. In December 1997, Nokia signed a contract for the delivery of the world's first nationwide TETRA network for the Finnish Ministry of Interior. In June 1998, Nokia as part of the KNT consortium, was chosen to provide a TETRA nationwide network to Belgian public safety and security authorities with the project named ASTRID. In January 1999 Dolphin Telecom and Nokia signed a contract for the delivery of nationwide TETRA network in France and in May 1999 Centre de Telecomunicacions de la Generalitat de Catalunya and Nokia signed a contract for the delivery of a digital TETRA professional mobile radio network in Catalonia, Spain. Nokia's other TETRA customers include Helsinki City Energy Company, ElTele Öst of Norway, TeleDanmark in the Netherlands and Austrian operator Well.COM.
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