Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:
ZTE
Peru: With ChinaTel to provide equipment and services for the carrier’s deployment of a wireless broadband telecom network in the country.
Value: $48 million
Japan: With UQ Communications to provide WiMAX Pico base stations for the carrier’s mobile WiMAX network.
Value: Undisclosed
Alcatel-Lucent
United States: With Sprint to provide network integration, converged radio access network, IP/MPLS and packet microwave backhaul and network monitoring services as part of the carrier’s Network Vision program. The contract with ALU covers the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and southern California regions.
Value: Undisclosed
Ericsson
United States: With Sprint to provide equipment and services in the central and Southeast U.S. regions for Sprint’s Network Vision project.
Value: Undisclosed
Huawei
Central America:With Millicom to deploy an international long-distance network for the carrier using its One Network solution. The network will cover Gautemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Value: Undisclosed
Nokia Siemens Networks
Sweden: With Tele2 for its Evolved Packet Core to support the carrier’s LTE deployment.
Value: Undisclosed
Samsung
United States: With Sprint for muti-mode base stations as part of the carrier’s Nework Vision project covering markets including San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Chicago and Pittsburgh.
Value: Undisclosed