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by Reily Gregson January 1, 2000
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Cameroon. With Societe Camerounaise de Mobiles (SCM) for a GSM network for the area between the cities of Yaounde, Douala and Bafoussam.

Value: US$21.15 million

China. With Post and Telecommunications Administration of Hubei province for DECT wireless local loop systems.

Value: US$20 million

Mozambique. With Telecomunicacoes Moeis de Mocambique for a GSM extension of mCel.

Value: US$19.6 million

Ericsson

Bahrain. With Bahrain Telecommunications Co. to expand its GSM network from 150,000 lines to 230,000 lines.

Value: US$20 million

China. With Sichuan Mobile Communications Co. to expand its GSM network in the Sichuan province.

Value: US$100 million

China. With China Unicom to expand the capacity of the GSM network in the Anhui province to 500,000 lines.

Value: US$26 million

Europe. With Swisscom in Switzerland, Westel 900 in Hungary and Bite GSM in Lithuania for GSM Pro network equipment.

Value: Undisclosed

Europe. With Vodafone AirTouch for GPRS infrastructure for Vodafone UK, Libertel in the Netherlands and Panafon in Greece.

Value: Undisclosed

Latin America. With Diginet Americas to further build out its fixed wireless broadband network throughout Latin America.

Value: US$200 million

Taiwan. With Far EasTone Telecommunications for a commercial GPRS system.

Value: Undisclosed

United States. With Omnipoint for GPRS equipment serving the New York metropolitan area.

Value: Undisclosed

Venezuela. With Telecomunicaciones Movilnet to expand Movilnet’s TDMA network and provide EDGE technology.

Value: US$200 million

Lucent

Argentina. With Compania de Radiocomunicaciones Moviles for a CDMA network throughout the interior of Argentina.

Value: Undisclosed

Argentina. With GTE PCS for a PCS network based on CDMA in Buenos Aires.

Value: Undisclosed

Brunei. With Datastream Technology for a GSM network expansion.

Value: $12.6 million

Latin America. With Diginet Americas to expand its fixed wireless broadband data and IP networks throughout Latin America.

Value: US$100 million

United States. With Roberts Wireless Communications, a Sprint PCS affiliate, for PCS equipment for a CDMA network throughout Missouri.

Value: US$32 million

Motorola

China. With China Unicom and China Mobile six contracts to upgrade and enhanced GSM networks for additional capacity for 2.35 million subscribers by July.

Value: US$228 million

Japan. With DDI and IDO for 64 kbps packet data cdmaOne equipment.

Value: Undisclosed.

Morocco. With Itissalat Al Maghrib for a GSM network expansion and enhancement in the regions of Casablanca and northern tourist areas.

Value: US$20 million

Nokia

Austria. With operator One for the expansion and implementation of One’s GSM 1800 network.

Value: US$145.8 million

China. With the Shanghai branch of China Unicom for the supply of a GPRS trial network in Shanghai.

Value: Undisclosed

Netherlands. With Ben for a GSM 1800 network expansion and GPRS equipment.

Value: US$205.8 million

Philippines. With Smart for a GPRS expansion of Smart’s GSM network including a WAP platform.

Value: US$150 million

Philippines. With Globe Telecom for a GPRS expansion of Globe’s GSM-based handyphone service.

Value: US$30 million

Spain. With Telef

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