Nokia was awarded an expansion deal for Nokia GSM Radio Network, Core network, and Cellular Transmission from Indosat in Indonesia. This agreement will further enhance service coverage, capacity and quality for Indosat GSM network in East Java, Bali and South Central Java.

 

The expansion of the GSM radio network at East Java is currently underway and the implementation of next phase for Bali and South Central Java has begun. As part of the GSM Core network expansion, Nokia will install the Nokia Mobile Switching Center (MSC) and Home Location Register (HLR) in Surabaya. After the completion of all projects there will be a significant improvement in term of coverage and quality of the East Java, Bali and South Central Java network.

 

"We are pleased to continue our close collaboration with Indosat as their technology solution provider in Indonesia, especially in enhancing and improving Indosat network coverage in East Java, Bali and South Central Java," says John Stefanac, Area Vice President, Asia Pacific, Networks, Nokia.

 

"With Nokia's industry leading GSM/GPRS systems and solutions, Indosat is able to easily support the expected subscriber growth with quality coverage and evolve its network to future GSM technologies and services, such as EDGE, to support the business when the market is ready," he adds.

 

Nokia will supply a full range of GSM network equipment, including Nokia MSC, HLR and GPRS core, Flexihopper Cellular Transmission, Ultrasite Base Stations and Base Station Controller BSC3i.  An industry-leading product, Nokia UltraSite can support GSM/EDGE, High Speed Data, GPRS, and WCDMA for 3G technologies.

 

In addition, Nokia is providing rollout planning and network optimization to enhance the network quality, implementation of both indoor and outdoor solutions, logistics services as well as training to realize the full potential of personnel resources in accordance with technology shifts and market needs. The services will be provided using Nokia NetAct (TM), the only fully-featured, multi-vendor, multi-technology operations support system on a single platform.

 

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