Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:
Alvarion Ltd.
United States: With the City of Houston for the deployment of a 4G municipal network. Alvarion’s 4G wireless broadband network is enabling the City of Houston’s local government to offer advanced municipal services, such as enhanced public safety and traffic optimization solutions, and consistent access to information.
Value: Undisclosed
Kore Telematics
United States: With Vodafone Group plc and Iridium Communications Inc. to expand its M2M network, featuring enhanced cellular data network services complemented by truly global satellite delivery for connected devices.
Value: Undisclosed
OnAir
Germany: With Aeroconseil to equip Singapore Airlines B777s with onboard GSM and Wi-Fi technology. OnAir and Aeroconseil will, in the coming months, begin fitting nineteen B777 aircraft from the Singapore Airlines fleet with onboard GSM and Wi-Fi technology. Aeroconseil will cover the engineering and certification aspects of the changes alongside OnAir, which is providing equipment and the connectivity services to passengers’ mobile devices.
Value: Undisclosed
Alcatel-Lucent
Spain: With Sociedad Promotora de Telecomunicaciones de Extremadura (SPTE), regional development consortium to be their sole supplier to build the network of the cable operator of Extremadura region in Western Spain. The contract involves designing, deploying and integrating an end-to-end fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network.
The investment foreseen for phase one: 86 million Euro
RCR Wireless