SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia-NuevaTel PCS de Bolivia S.A., a Western Wireless subsidiary, launched a new GSM network in Santa Cruz using an infrastructure solution from Nortel Networks Ltd.
The new network positions NuevaTel to increase capacity, broaden coverage and offer improved GSM services under the VIVA GSM brand, Nortel said. It also allows NuevaTel to offer enhanced regional and international roaming capabilities as well as a full suite of new enhanced voice and data services.
Nortel Networks replaced NuevaTel’s previous GSM network to help NuevaTel drive reduced operating costs and increased voice capacity while enabling new data services, the supplier said. The network is GPRS and EDGE ready.
The value of the network was not disclosed. Nokia Corp. was NuevaTel’s previous GSM supplier.
