Nokia Siemens Wins Italian 3G Upgrade Contract

Telecom Italia has awarded a contract to Nokia Siemens Networks for a 3G network modernization plan. The contract will also include preparation for an LTE deployment in the future.

The company release was full of talk about being eco-friendly and cutting electricity bills by 65%, but didn't include any significant technical details or the financial terms of the contract.

"We are proud to partner with Telecom Italia to pave their network evolution path with our latest technology designed to enable an easy, cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable way forward." said Roberto Loiola, head of customers and markets in South East Europe for Nokia Siemens Networks.

According to figures from the Mobile World subscriber database, Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) ended the first half of this year with 35.8 million customers, of which 6.5 million are using the company's 3G network.

Posted to the site on 30th October 2008