TEL AVIV, Israel-Israeli wireless operator Pelephone said Nortel Networks will be the exclusive provider of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO wireless network. The value of the two-year agreement was not disclosed.
The first phase of the network will include the metropolitan area of central Israel by the end of August. Expanded coverage across the remainder of Pelephone’s nationwide footprint is expected to be commercially available by end-2004.
Pelephone currently has offered 1x services since last year.
