MANILA, Philippines-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a $40 million contract to design, supply and install a complete communications network for Bayan Telecommunications Inc.
The project will include wireline and wireless local loop access lines, covering the regions of the Visayas and Mindanao, in the southern Philippines.
The contract calls for Lucent to supply switching, transmission access, wireless local loop equipment, professional services for customer care and administration. For the core of the network, Lucent will provide its flagship switching system, the 5ESS-2000 switch and its DECT-based wireless local loop product, Swing.