Huawei grabs a $235Mn 3G installation contract in Costa Rica

The Costa Rican Electricity Institute has given Huawei Technologies a $235 million contract for the installation of 3G network in country catering to 935,000 customers. According to ICE’s Deputy Manager Claudio Bermudez, the 3G network will be operational across Central America by 2009-end. Huawei won this bid against Sweden’s Ericcson and the Chinese rival ZTE Corporation. The conract is under approval process with the Costa Rica’s General Accounting Office.
The 3G move will give mobile users access to high-end data applications on their phones, including high-speed interactive gaming and Internet access, video conferencing, video streaming and other multimedia features.
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