Nokia Wins Taiwanese 3G Contract

Nokia and Taiwan Cellular Corp. (TCC) have signed an agreement for Nokia to be supplier of TCC's 3G network in Taiwan. Deliveries are slated to begin in first quarter 2003 with Nokia providing both 3G core and radio-access network equipment for the roll-out and introduction of TCC's nationwide WCDMA network.

Nokia has been working with TCC since early 2001, having supplied the operator's whole GPRS solution.

"3G is a cornerstone of advanced mobile services, and currently 34 operators worldwide have chosen Nokia's WCDMA solution. TCC is now joining these forward-looking service providers who see WCDMA as the best evolutionary path to true multimedia services," said Mikko Heikkonen, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Nokia Networks. "Nokia has the industry's widest experience in WCDMA roll-out. The recent demonstration of seamless handover in live 2G and 3G networks, combined with Friday's launch of J-Phone's Nokia-supplied WCDMA network underscore the success of the Nokia solution."

Taiwan Telecom Group is the biggest private telecom group in Taiwan. Taiwan Cellular Corporation (GSM 1800 operator with 6,130,000 subscribers as of Oct 2002), TransAsia Telecom (GSM 900 operator with 1,740,000 subscribers as of Oct 2002), and Taiwan Fixed Networks are the operator portfolio companies of this Group."

Posted to the site on 27th December 2002