LONDON-Hutchison 3G UK reported an agreement with 186k to provide a nationwide fiber optic network and co-location services, and a separate agreement with Nortel Networks Corp. to provide 10-gigabits-per-second-per-channel dense wave division multiplexing optical equipment to light 186k’s fiber optic network and provide the connection between the fiber network and Hutchison 3G’s wireless network.
Hutchison 3G holds a Universal Mobile Telecommunications Services license for the U.K. market.