Nokia Siemens WIns Bosnian GSM Contract

Nokia Siemens Networks has been awarded a contract by Bosnia and Herzegovina's, M:TEL, the mobile part of Telekom Srpske, for the implementation and optimization of a GSM/EDGE network extension and associated services that will lay the grounds for an evolution to a unified IP network.

The deal, comprising several contracts with a total amount of some BAM60 (US$42) million will result in a physical extension of the GSM network, an increase of its coverage and improvement of quality of the service for end users.

The package includes such technologies as GSM/EDGE radio access (new base stations and controllers, with an upgrade of the existing network), mobile softswitching and media gateway core equipment (Release 4 - MSC Servers and MGW, HLR extension) and prepaid hardware/software extension. It also covers a new Virtual Private Network (VPN) system and a payment platform.

Posted to the site on 10th September 2007