Huawei Wins Colombian GSM Contract

Huawei has announced it has won a GSM core network expansion contract with Colombia Movil, Colombia's the third biggest mobile operator to enable the company to bring enhanced services to over 560,000 users across Colombia's five biggest cities of Medellin, Cali, Bucaramanga, Barranquilla, as well as its capital Bogota.

Colombia Movil, a leading mobile operator in Colombia, created by Bogota Telecommunication Enterprise (ETB) and Medellin Public Enterprise (EPM) serves 2.5 million mobile subscribers. This new expansion contract will be Huawei's largest mobile softswitch network in Latin America and extend the capacity of Colombia Movil's core network to over one million subscribers.

"Huawei is committed to bringing excellent services and innovative technologies to the Colombian market." said Mr. Yafei Jiang, President of Huawei Regional Division in Latin America. "This contract will further enhance the cooperation between the Huawei and Colombia Movil, and strengthen Huawei's position as the leading provider of mobile network solutions."

Posted to the site on 8th September 2006