Alcatel Picks Up Multiple Chinese Network Contracts
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a GSM network expansion agreement valued at US$340 million with China Mobile and a second agreement worth US$120 million CDMA and GSM agreement with China Unicom.
The projects for China Unicom include a CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A high-speed data network upgrade to be implemented in China Unicom's network in Macau, as well as a further expansion in the CDMA core network, radio solutions, and applications that will support China Unicom's broader mobile network expansion.
The agreement also provides for GSM/GPRS/EDGE core and radio network solutions and optical network components in support of China Unicom's GSM service offerings.
The China Mobile work is general network expansions during 2007.
"China's mobile communications market continues to have enormous potential, and our goal is to help our customers realize that potential and achieve their business objectives," said Frederic Rose, President of Alcatel-Lucent in Asia Pacific."
Posted to the site on 18th May 2007
