MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it will expand Russian mobile operator MegaFon’s mobile-phone network under a $94.2 million contract.
The agreement covers the extension of the carrier’s GSM network with switching and transmission technology in the Volga and Ural regions. Siemens will also supply an intelligent network platform and a GPRS expansion.
The GPRS network is scheduled to go live in February 2004.