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Infrastructure contracts

Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in October 2003.

China. With China Mobile to expand its GSM networks.

Value: $50 million

Comorian Union. With SNPT to roll out the country’s first GSM network.

Value: Undisclosed

Ericsson

Finland. With Finnish 2G for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA mobile services.

Value: Undisclosed

Lithuania. With Bite GSM for EDGE network infrastructure, including upgrade of core network and supply of radio access infrastructure.

Value: Undisclosed

Thailand. With AIS for an EDGE system in Bangkok and to expand its GSM network to an integrated GSM/GPRS/EDGE system.

Value: $10 million

Motorola

Iraq. With Orascom Telecom Iraq to supply GSM base stations and transmission equipment.

Value: $40 million

Nokia

Bahrain. With MTC-Vodafone to build a GSM/EDGE/W-CDMA radio-access network.

Value: Undisclosed

China. With China Unicom to expand the Zhejiang Branch’s GSM network.

Value: Undisclosed

Thailand. With AIS to expand its GSM/GPRS network and roll out EDGE networks.

Value: $23 million

Thailand. With DTAC to enhance its nationwide GSM/GPRS network with EDGE-enabled base stations.

Value: Undisclosed

Nortel

Brazil. With Claro to deploy a GPRS core network to support wireless data.

Value: Undisclosed

Brazil. With Vivo to overlay the existing TDMA network with CDMA2000 1x wireless data equipment.

Value: Undisclosed

Israel. With Pelephone to expand its CDMA2000 1x wireless data network.

Value: $30 million

United States. With U.S. Cellular for CDMA2000 1x core, radio and wireless access technology in Oklahoma City; St. Louis; Springfield, Mo.; and Portland, Maine.

Value: Undisclosed

Siemens

Netherlands. With T-Mobile to replace parts of its core network to increase capacity for prepaid customers.

Value: $5.5 million

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