MEXICO CITY-Northern Telecom Inc. has been chosen to supply the equipment and services for a Code Division Multiple Access fixed wireless access network in Mexico for freshman telecom provider Unefon.
Unefon’s subsidiary, Sistemas Profesionales de Comunicacion S.A. de C.V., signed a commitment letter with Nortel valued at about $700 million over five years. Unefon hopes to provide telephone access to 1.5 million Mexicans in the short term and reach more than 2 million people by 2003.
