Alcatel wins deals from China Mobile, China Unicom (China)

Alcatel-Lucent has signed a package of frame agreements with a combined value of up to EUR 750 million for mobile communications equipment with China Mobile and China Unicom. Part of these agreements was previously announced and secured through Alcatel-Lucent’s company in China, Alcatel Shanghai Bell. The services Alcatel-Lucent is providing will enable China Mobile and China Unicom to expand the coverage of their mobile networks. Under the terms of the EUR 600 million agreement with China Mobile, Alcatel-Lucent is providing GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio and core networking equipment, mobile applications, IP routers and optical networking equipment. Alcatel-Lucent also is providing China Mobile with a TD-SCDMA solution being implemented in the operator’s trial network and will support services such as video streaming, Wap and personal ringback tones. The agreement with China Unicom, valued at EUR 150 million, encompasses CDMA networking equipment, GSM/GPRS radio and core networking equipment, and related services to support China Unicom’s network deployment and expansion. In addition, the agreement includes the expansion and upgrade of China Unicom’s 3G CDMA1xEVDO in Macau.

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