The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.
Cellular
–India: Idea Cellular Ltd. chose Nokia Siemens Networks to provide GSM network equipment for an expansion contract. The deal is valued at $500 million.
–Russia: Nokia Siemens Networks said it won a contract to build a 3G W-CDMA network for Mobile Telesystems.
Wi-Fi
–Switzerland: Go Networks said it has been chosen by Monzoon to provide its Wi-Fi solution to provide hotzone coverage throughout the country.
–United States: Proxim Wireless Corp. said the village of Bellwood, Ill., deployed its Wi-Fi mesh municipal network. Also in the United States, EarthLink Inc. said it will expand its Wi-Fi network in Philadelphia to cover 135 square miles.
Miscellaneous
–Kazakhstan: JSC Kazakhtelecom selected Nortel Networks to provide a Next Generation Network.
–United States: MobileAccess said it deployed its Universal Wireless Network at the University of Pennsylvania Health System’s three hospitals for in-building coverage. In Pittsburgh, Point Park University deployed Corrigo Inc. Web-based wireless work order management software to dispatch, manage and track service requests and work orders.