ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-The Chinese government awarded three contracts, two to Motorola Inc. and one to Nokia Corp., to expand the country’s GSM wireless telecommunications networks.
Motorola’s contracts call for it to expand the GSM 900 dual-band network in Beijing and the GSM 900 network in Shanxi Province. The combined value of the two contracts is approximately $30.2 million, according to Motorola.
In addition to the GSM expansion projects, Motorola will install a WAP trial for Beijing Mobile Communication Corp., providing its WAP gateway-MIX and four styles of WAP-enabled handsets.
The Nokia contract, in connection with the company’s joint ventures in China, Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunication Corp. Ltd. and Beijing Nokia Telecommunications Corp. Ltd., call for the expansion of China Unicom’s GSM mobile network in Shanghai, Anhui, Hunan and Gansu provinces.
Nokia said it will supply its i-series network products, including mobile switching centers, base stations, base station controllers and a range of professional services covering network planning, project management, implementation and commissioning.
Nokia valued the contract at more than $100 million.
