STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed an agreement valued at $49 million with Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan to upgrade the operator’s Advanced Mobile Phone Service wireless network.
Chunghwa plans to install base stations from Ericsson’s RBS 884 series as well as its new mobile switching center, MSC 2000. The network enhancements also include replanning the AMPS network using advanced cell planning techniques, incorporating fraud-prevention capability and Year-2000 compliance, said Ericsson.