Articles tagged with: W CDMA and Microwave

Alcatel-Lucent Wins Chinese Contracts Worth $1.7 Billion

Alcatel-Lucent has inked two framework agreements valued US$1.7 billion in total with China Mobile and China Telecom, to provide network upgrades, integration and maintenance services in 2009. The agreements were secured through Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, Alcatel-Lucent's Chinese company.  more

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Siemens and NEC Win 3G Contract

Siemens and its 3G partner NEC have announced that they are assisting Hutchison 3G Ireland in deploying its w-cdma network. The announcement represents the eighth Hutchison 3G network deployment that NEC and Siemens have been involved in. As the supplier of 3 Ireland's w-cdma/UMTS radio access network (UTRAN), the contract includes the delivery of a full complement of Node-B radio base stations and radio network controllers with an aim to providing ubiquitous 3G network coverage for 3 customers around Ireland. 3 formally launched its 3G service in Ireland last month, and currently provides 3G coverage for 60% of the Irish population, and voice and text coverage for 99.5% of the population. more

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