Nokia has been selected as the sole supplier of a digital TETRA professional mobile radio system for Nanjing Metro Corporation in Jiangsu province, China.  The Nokia system will provide TETRA voice and data service to staff operating Nanjing Metro's urban rail system, which serves the city of Nanjing's six million inhabitants. 

 

Under the agreement, Nokia will provide DXTip switching equipment, TETRA base stations, a Nokia dispatcher workstation and a large number of TETRA terminals.  Nokia will also provide implementation and training services.  The equipment has been delivered, and implementation is underway for system launch in the second half of this year. 

 

Implementation is being carried out in cooperation with the system integrator Shanghai Railway Communication Equipment Factory, which will also provide data applications based on the Nokia DXTip switching platform. 

 

"We are convinced that Nokia's TETRA system will satisfy Nanjing Metro's demanding requirements for good voice service and rich data applications," says Mr. Miu Weizhong, Head of Shanghai Railway Communication Equipment Factory. 

 

"We are pleased to be working with Shanghai Railway Communication Equipment Factory to provide our state-of-the-art system to Nanjing Metro," says Topi Kinnunen, Director of Professional Mobile Radio Asia Pacific and Greater China, Nokia.  "This implementation highlights once again how ideally suited the Nokia TETRA solution is for large-scale public transport organizations." 

 

Nokia is the world's leading supplier of TETRA networks and terminals and has demonstrated an unique capability to deliver multi-switch TETRA networks with the ability to provide all TETRA services uniformly countrywide.  Special features include: top-class communication security, fast group calls, sophisticated emergency call functionality, prioritized calls, advanced messaging and data communication services, including packet data.  The open interfaces of Nokia TETRA solutions enable seamless integration to command and control systems.  Nokia continues investing in TETRA radio technology and systems for the benefit of present and future customers. 

 

About Shanghai Railway Communication Equipment Factory

Shanghai Railway Communication Equipment Factory was founded in 1906, and currently has 850 employees.  As a key enterprise in China's railway communications signal industry, Shanghai Railway Communication Equipment Factory manufactures wireless communications equipment, power supply panel equipment, automatic signal control equipment, wire transmission equipment and locomotive instruments and meters.  It possesses the integrated capability of computer software development, electronic circuit design, electronic installation and connection, machine processing and surface coating.  The factory's annual sales revenues exceed RMB 200 million. 

 

About Nokia

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