Shanxi Mobile picks Alca-Lu to upgrade network

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:A subsidiary of China Mobile, Shanxi Mobile, has selected Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade 90% of its home location register (HLR) network in Shanxi Province, in the northwest of China. The HLR is a central database that contains details of each mobile phone subscriber that is authorised to use the mobile network. The contract was secured through Alcatel Shanghai Bell, the French company’s Chinese flagship company. By the end of this month, the upgraded network will be operational commercially. ‘Alcatel-Lucent’s industry-leading solution is enabling us to build a higher speed, more reliable and more secure network to satisfy the ever-increasing demands of our subscribers,’ said Gao Buwen, General Manager of Shanxi Mobile.