HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it signed $150 million and $30 million contracts, respectively, with cellular operator Smart Communications Inc. and telecom company Globe Telecom, both in the Philippines, for the supply of Nokia’s General Packet Radio Service core network solution and the expansion of their Global System for Mobile communications networks.
Under terms of the contracts, Nokia will supply its Internet Protocol core network infrastructure, including the Nokia serving GPRS support node, the Nokia gateway GPRS support node and the Nokia charging gateway.
Smart’s contract also includes the delivery of Nokia’s Wireless Application Protocol platform, which allows Internet services to be accessed through WAP-enabled mobile phones.
