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by Reily Gregson September 1, 2001
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Alcatel

Paris. With Orascom Telecom for the supply and installation of GSM solutions in the Middle East and Africa.

Value: Undisclosed.

Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800/GPRS network in Brazil.

Value: US$275 million

Moscow. With ZAO SMARTS for GSM 900 MHz solutions to extend networks in the Samarskaya and the Ivanonskaya regions of the Russian Federation.

Value: Undisclosed

China Unicom

China. With Cisco Systems for expansion of its Voice over In Protocol (VoIP) communications network.

Value: US$40 million

Ericsson

Nigeria. With Econet Wireless Nigeria, Nitel and MTN for GSM 900 and 1800 networks.

Value: Undisclosed

Italy. With Wind to provide a comprehensive packet IP backbone network.

Value: Undisclosed

China. With Heilongjiang Mobile Communications Co. for equipment and services for a GSM network expansion, a pre-pay system, and an IP backbone network.

Value: US$110 million

Italy. With H3G for delivery of a UMTS network and development of 3G applications and services.

Value: Undisclosed

Saudi Arabia. With the Saudi Telecommunications Co.(STC) to expand its GSM network.

Value: US$826 million

Lucent Technologies

U.S. With MetroPCS to provide 3G wireless systems and related professional services in several metropolitan areas in the U.S.

Value: US$161 million

Moscow. With Moscow Cellular Communications for a next-generation wireless network.

Value: Undisclosed

Brazil. With Telesp Celular for a 3G mobile network in Brazil.

Value: US$130 million

U.S. With Sprint PCS for equipment and services for the next phase of Sprint’s nationwide wireless network development and expansion.

Value: US$1 billion

Motorola

Morocco. With Maroc Telecom for GSM network infrastructure in Morocco.

Value: US$47 million

Bangladesh. With Pacific Bangladesh Telecom to expand its CDMA network.

Value: US$12 million

Latin America. With Telesp Celular for CDMA 1x infrastructure for the Sao Paulo countryside.

Value: US$83 million

Latin America. With Global Telecom to supply CDMA 1x cellular infrastructure and expand the current network in the states of Parana and Santa Catarina.

Value: US$64 million

U.K. With BT Cellnet for network infrastructure expansion, including GSM base station, related equipment and services.

Value: US$150 million

China. With China Unicom for GSM expansion in five Chinese provinces.

Value: US$260 million

China. With Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd. for commercial launch of a 2G dual-band wireless mobile network in Macau.

Value: Undisclosed

Malaysia. With Telekom Malaysia for a nationwide 3G cdma2000 1x network.

Value: US$145 million

NEC

France. With Bouygues Telecom for cellular phone services.

Value: US$23.8 million

Nokia

Japan. With J-Phone Group for 3G WCDMA network.

Value: Undisclosed

U.K. With Orange UK for 3G UMTS and GSM network expansion and 3G infrastructure.

Value: US$728 million

France. With SFR for 3G network equipment, including base stations to be deployed throughout Paris.

Value: Undisclosed

Italy. With Omnitel Vodafone to deliver the Nokia 3G network solution.

Value: US$136.5 million

Israel. With Cellcom to supply GSM 1800 and GPRS infrastructure.

Value: Undisclosed

China. With China Unicom Zhejiang Branch to expand its GSM 1800 network in southeastern China.

Value: Undisclosed

Germany. With VIAG Interkom for a complete 3G network.

Value: US$363.9 million

China. With Fujian Telecom for Nokia’s D50e broadband access solution for faster Internet access in the Fujian province in China.

Value: Undisclosed

Nortel

Taiwan. With Chunghwa Telecom for wireless infrastructure equipment, including GSM Gateway Mobile Switching Centers to expand the GSM network in Taiwan.

Value: US$250 million

Portugal. With Optimus for wireless Internet infrastructure equipment and services for building out Portugal’s 3G UMTS network.

Portugal. With Telecel Vodafone for 3G UMTS equipment and services.

Value: Undisclosed

Korea. With SK Telecom for a solution to build an optical backbone for its broadband wireless network.

Value: Undisclosed

Siemens

Oman. With OmanTel for a GSM network for the rural areas of Oman.

Value: US$17.6 million

Cairo. With Orascom Telecom Holding SAE for the construction and extension of GSM mobile networks in Algeria and Jordan.

Value: US$200 million

France. With Cegetel Group for a 3G UMTS mobile network in Northern France.

Value: undisclosed

Italy. With H3G SpA for UMTS technology for its new UMTS network.

Value: Undisclosed

Brazil. With Telemar SA for infrastructure equipment for mobile communication technology for a GSM network in Northeastern Brazil.

Value: US$256 million

China. With China Mobile and China Unicom to expand GSM networks in several Chinese provinces.

Value: US$196 million

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