www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A three year contract has been signed between Ericsson and Companhia de Telecomunicaces de Macau (CTM) to supply HSPA+ network upgrade. Network coverage and capacity will be expanded and the download speed will be reached up to 21Mbps by CTM in order to meet the rising demands.

According to Vandy Poon, CEO of CTM, in order to maintain CTM’s leading role in the competitive market, the company will devote substantial investments and resources, not only to provide customers with the fastest and most reliable 3G service in the market, but also to provide the best experience they can enjoy both at work and leisure.

Through this contract, end-to-end 3G solution will be provided by Ericsson as the supplier of CTM’s 3G core network. It will also deploy and deliver the mobile soft switch and radio access network as well as carrying out related network rollout services for CTM. Besides, the landline backhaul network connecting the 3G core and the base stations will be replaced by an IP fiber network with 1000Mbps connectivity capacity to each base station.