STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will provide in-building
solutions for the new National Grand Theater in China under a contract awarded
by Beijing Communication Corp., a subsidiary of China Netcom Corp.
The value
of the deal was not disclosed.
Ericsson said the deployment is one of the
world’s most complex in-building systems, incorporating six different
technologies, including trunked radio, CDMA 800 MHz, GSM 900 and 1800 MHz, PHS
and W-CDMA technologies. Project implementation will begin in mid-August, and it
is expected to be completed in the first half of 2005.
In other news, Ericsson
said it will provide equipment for the second phase of Internet Protocol
backbone expansions for China Mobile Communications Corp. The expansion will
include all 31 Chinese provinces and autonomous regions.
The value of the deal
was not disclosed.
The expansion will improve overall scalability in China
Mobile’s network and facilitate more efficient use of bandwidth through multiple
protocol label switching traffic engineering, Ericsson said. Implementation will
begin immediately and is expected to be completed by the end of
October.
Ericsson was the sole equipment supplier for the first phase of China
Mobile’s IP backbone networks in 2000.
