Nokia says that it has signed a US$63 million GSM expansion contract with Yunnan Mobile Communication (Yunnan MCC) in China. Under the agreement, Nokia supplies Yunnan MCC with GSM/GPRS radio and core network, including the Nokia MetroSite base stations, Nokia MSC Server mobile softswitch and Nokia Media Gateway in the Yunnan Province in the Southwest China. Nokia will also provide services including network planning, implementation and other support services.
Deliveries have started and the network will be operational in November.
"This year marks the 10-year anniversary of strategic cooperation between Nokia and Yunnan MCC. We are delighted that Nokia solutions have in part enabled the new milestone of 10 million mobile users in the province. We are committed to supporting the operators to explore the potential of GSM networks, generate more revenues and bring new exciting services to the mobile users," says James Lin, Vice President, Networks, Nokia China.
Nokia has been the main supplier of Yunnan MCC for GSM/GPRS core and radio network since 1996.
The Mobile World subscriber database reports that Yunnan MCC has around 6.3 million subscribers."
Posted to the site on 6th September 2006
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