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21st May 2004 - Alcatel announced today the signature
of a series of contracts for the total amount of Euro
21 million with SMARTS, a leading regional mobile operator
in Russia. The contracts call for the delivery of Alcatel
mobile solutions to extend SMARTS GSM/GPRS network.
Thanks to this project SMARTS will be able to optimize
its existing mobile infrastructure, improve quality
of communication in six cities of the country and accelerate
the deployment of new mobile multimedia services, particularly
GPRS-based services. The equipment will be delivered
in phases with completion scheduled by the end of 2004.
In the initial phase of this project, to be completed
in July 2004, Alcatel will cover the cities of Samara
and Toliatti. In the second phase, Alcatel will supply
and install significant GSM/GPRS network extensions
in Samara and Toliatti, as well as in Kazan, Naberezhnye
Chelny and Saratov.
To achieve that, Alcatel will deliver and operationalize
its Evolium? end to end mobile solutions including Base
Station Subsystems (BSS) and Core network (Mobile Switching
Centers and GPRS subsystems) solutions. Furthermore,
Alcatel will install three new Alcatel 1000 switching
systems to provide a large suite of high quality, new
telephone services to fixed subscribers in this area.
The natively multi-standard design of the Evolium?
solutions allows the smooth and cost-effective introduction
of new capabilities such as EDGE and UMTS on existing
Evolium-powered networks such as the implementation
of applications for enhanced broadband mobile multimedia
services.
Gennady Kirushin, general director of ZAO SMARTS, commented,
"We have partnered with Alcatel for a long time developing
GSM infrastructure in Povolzhie region. Implementation
of this project will allow us to further extend our
network and offer a competitive quality of communication
to our customers. Thanks to the existing Alcatel's Open
Services Platform we will be able to offer advanced
GPRS-based services and ensure development of our network
towards 3G ".
Marc Rouanne, chief operating officer of Alcatel's
mobile communications activities added, "The pace of
mobile communications development in Russia is extremely
impressive both in the major cities and in the regions.
Alcatel's technological expertise together with its
worldwide and local experience contribute to the further
penetration of mobile communication in Russia".
Alcatel's presence in the Russian Federation is steadily
evolving with equipment being currently installed in
more than 30 cities. Today, Alcatel is the leading supplier
for Russian telecom infrastructure.
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