Nokia Wins Chinese Contract

Nokia has won a GSM core network contract with Hunan Mobile Communication (Hunan MCC) in China. Hunan MCC is a new network infrastructure customer for Nokia. Under the agreement, Nokia supplies its MSC Server mobile softswitch for 4 cities in Hunan Province, located in the central part of China. Nokia also provides a full range of services including network integration, commissioning and training. The system has been deployed and is already operational.

"Thanks to Nokia's advanced GSM network and mobile softswitch system as well as excellent service support, we are able to bring higher capacity to the network, better utilize network resources, reduce costs and bring state-of-the-art services to our customers," says Zhang Baowei, General Manager in charge of networks at Hunan MCC.

Nokia is a leading GSM network supplier in the Chinese market, with over 20 provincial customers.

The Mobile World database states that Hunan MCC has approximately 8.4 million customers."

Posted to the site on 25th July 2006