GREENVILLE, S.C.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has one of its first contracts in the United States for Global System for Mobile communications equipment.
The company announced a $45 million supply contract with Carolina PCS I L.P. to build a personal communications services network in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.
Lucent said no vendor financing was included in the deal. The manufacturer will provide the switching hardware and software as well as radio hardware.
Lucent, which is looking to become a larger player in the GSM infrastructure business, said it will participate in the Vendor Partner Program of the North American GSM Alliance, a group of North American GSM operators.