Nokia To Supply Mobile Softswitch To DTAC In Thailand

STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Finland's Nokia Oyj (NOK) said Wednesday it has signed a contract for supply of its mobile softswitch to DTAC in Thailand.

Nokia said the mobile softswitch solution is optimizing DTAC's mobile network as it evolves towards internet protocol and third generation mobile systems.

Deliveries start immediately, with the target of having the system operational in October 2005.

The system will be deployed initially in Bangkok and northeastern Thailand, before being expanded nationwide.

In addition to the MSC Server System, Nokia is providing the real time traffic monitoring and troubleshooting tool Nokia NetAct Traffica for the Circuit Switched Network.

Following the first supply deal with DTAC in 1994, Nokia has been the sole global system for mobile communication, GSM, network supplier since 2003, and sole core network supplier since 2000, the company said.

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Posted to the site on 17th August 2005