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Asia
Pacific Watch
December 18, 2002
Nortel to expand Unicom's GSM, CDMA networks
BEIJING
-- China Unicom has recently awarded contracts to Nortel
Networks and Guangdong Nortel Telecommunications Equipment
Ltd. collectively estimated at approximately $65 million
for expansion of its CDMA and GSM networks.
Under
an estimated $25 million contract with Guangdong Nortel,
China Unicom plans to expand its CDMA network capacity
in Hunan Province using Nortel Networks Univity cdma2000/1x
equipment. As per the contract, the deployment will
include Nortel Networks Univity radio, core switching
and intelligent networking equipment that will help
position Unicom to drive improved spectrum efficiency
and reduced costs. Univity will also position Unicom
to migrate to an all-IP packetised network.
Unicom
has also awarded new contracts estimated at approximately
$40 million to Nortel for expanding its GSM networks
in Heilongjiang, Hunan, Henan, Zhejiang and Shandong.
These expansions including GSM switches, radio base
stations and transmission equipment. It is expected
to increase Unicom's GSM network capacity by more than
1.25 million subscribers.
Contact:
Nortel Networks
Tel: 852-2100-2120
Email:
lilyu@nortelnetworks.com
Web: www.nortelnetworks.com
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