Alcatel-Lucent says it has won a turnkey contract with Egypt's Mobinil. Alcatel-Lucent will expand and enhance Mobinil's wireless network with the latest generation of Enhanced GSM radio solutions. The upgraded GSM network will be operational by the end of the third quarter 2007.
Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will provide its end-to-end Enhanced GSM solution comprising the Base Station Subsystem (BSS) -- including Alcatel-Lucent's ATCA-based 9130 BSC/MFS and TWIN Transceiver -- and a new generation of microwave transmission system that provide fast and efficient transport of voice and data traffic between base stations and the core network. Alcatel-Lucent also will supply Mobinil with Convergence solutions including High Capacity Core Switching and Intelligent Network extensions.
Alcatel-Lucent will provide a range of services including network management, architecture and design, technical support, radio optimization and managed services.
According to figures from The Mobile World, Mobinil has just over 53% of the local market share, having ended Q1 '07 with nearly 10.7 million subscribers.
Posted to the site on 11th September 2007
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