Alcatel Wins Malaysian 3G Contract

Alcatel has been selected by Telekom Malaysia (TM) as the prime supplier of Celcom Berhad, a wholly-owned company of TM, for its 3G/UMTS wireless network. The contract is valued at EUR70 (US$87.7) million. Under the agreement, Alcatel delivers 3G/UMTS radio access network infrastructure and digital microwave links to carry the traffic of enhanced mobile data services, enabling Celcom to complete the next phase of its national 3G deployment program.

Thanks to its built-in software modularity, the Alcatel Evolium radio access solution will allow a simplified software activation of HSDPA, through reuse the Alcatel hardware equipment already deployed in Celcom's 3G/UMTS network.

"Celcom joins CamGSM (Cambodia) as the second Asia Pacific service provider, in less than three months, to select Alcatel for implementation of its 3G/UMTS network," said Fr

Posted to the site on 27th June 2006