China Mobile, China Unicom sign USD 1.8b deal with Ericsson
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 2G/3G frame agreements have been signed by China Mobile and China Unicom with Ericsson. Under the contract with China Mobile, Ericsson will provide a radio access network including the multi-standard radio base station RBS 6000 and mobile soft-switching technology. This will boost the capacity of the network and evolve it into an IP network.
The agreement worth USD 1 billion will be implemented during this year. According to the framework agreement with China Unicom, 3G network with HSPA Evolution technology will be provided by Ericsson.
Further expansion of co- operation with China Unicom is also on Ericsson’s cards in the area concerning IP and broadband, supplying IP routers, fibre access technologies GPON and 40G WDM as well as IMS.
The contract is worth USD 800 million and it is also scheduled to be implemented during this year.
3G network-sharing agreement signed by French mobile operators
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: An agreement has been signed between three established mobile phone operators of France to share third-generation mobile network installations in order to extend 3G network coverage across the country.
Principles on how to share 3G mobile network deployments has been laid down in the framework agreement signed by France Telecom’s Orange, Vivendi SA’s SFR and Bouygues’ Bouygues Telecom on February 11.
According to French telecoms regulator Arcep, the agreement will help speed up the extension of the 3G network in France and will enable full nationwide coverage by the end of 2013. Terms for the inclusion of Iliad’s Free Mobile in the agreement will also be discussed by the three operators before May 31, 2010.
Qatar Telecom & Huawei sign group-wide framework agreement
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A group- wide framework agreement has been signed between Qatar Telecom (Qtel) and China’s Huawei Technologies. Qtel’s long-term development strategy across international markets has been supported by the deal in which Huawei is required to provide mobile radio infrastructure including its ‘Single RAN’ base stations alongside circuit switch and packet switch core and transmission systems besides providing solutions and services.
Standard terms and volume-based discounted pricing for network equipment will be available to Qtel group companies under the agreement. The initial term of the deal is one year and can be extended at Qtel’s discretion for up to two additional years.
Nokia signs EUR 2 billion in deals in China
Nokia has announced two major contracts in
China
worth over EUR 2 billion this year. The company has signed a framework agreement worth EUR 580 million to supply China Mobile with GSM/GPRS network equipment. Deliveries have already started for the equipment, which includes radio and core network, base stations and the MSC Server mobile softswitch, as well as network planning, implementation and care services. In addition, Nokia has extended its supplier deal with China Postel Mobile Communication Equipment. The companies will cooperate more on mobile terminal sales, distribution network development and overall resource sharing, including further pushing sales of low-end Nokia phones. China Postel is expected to purchase Nokia phones worth in total some CNY 15 billion (EUR 1.5 billion) this year.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
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