Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:
Ciena
Canada: With Barrett Xplore Inc. to provide an Ethernet backhaul architecture for the carrier’s nationwide 4G network.
Value: Undisclosed
Bridgewater Systems
United States: With Verizon Wireless to provide products and services for the carrier’s network expansion, including mobile control solutions and maintenance and support services for current and future 3G solutions.
Value: $56 million
Airspan
Australia: With EnergyAustralia to deploy 4G base stations in the New South Wales region to accommodate its smart grid network and enable communications across the grid directly to meters.
Value: Undisclosed
Nokia Siemens Networks
Finland: With Elisa to upgrade the carrier’s network, including first phase LTE, 3G expansions and GSM modernization.
Value: Undisclosed
France: With SFR to build extra capacity into the carrier’s existing 3G network.
Value: Undisclosed
