Nokia Wins Indonesian 3G Managed Contract

Nokia and Indonesian operator Telkomsel have signed a new three-year WCDMA 3G/HSPA radio and core network, and managed services contract. Nokia will operate Telkomsel's multivendor WCDMA 3G network, which will be supported by the Nokia NetAct network and service management system. In addition, Nokia will provide network planning, implementation, multivendor integration, and delivery services with turnkey responsibility.

Under the agreements, Nokia will supply Telkomsel radio solutions and HSPA software. From its Unified Core Network solutions Nokia will supply MSC Server mobile softswitch, Intelligent Content Delivery (ICD), IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), Push to talk over Cellular (PoC), Presence, and charging solutions, and Flexi Intelligent Service Node (INS).

"We are committed to launching a high-quality, wide-coverage 3G network that can provide innovative services that are beneficial for the people, the businesses, and the country of Indonesia. We trust Nokia to provide us highest-quality end-to-end network solutions," says Kiskenda Suriahardja, President Director, Telkomsel.

The 3G network and managed services contracts cover Greater Jakarta, and West and Central Java, which are the most densely populated areas in Indonesia. The application and charging solutions, including ICD, IMS, Flexi ISN, PoC and Presence, will be delivered nationwide to cover all provinces in Indonesia. The managed services contract also covers the nationwide applications and charging solution.

Nokia has been working with Telkomsel since 1996, providing GSM, GPRS and EDGE infrastructure and turnkey services for the operator's network.

Statistics from The Mobile World subscriber database reports that Telkomsel ended the first half of this year with just under 29.3 million customers. The operator has an estimated market share of around 54%."

Posted to the site on 29th August 2006