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13th July 2004 - Nokia has signed a turnkey deal with
Telenor Pakistan Pvt. Ltd. (TPP), a 100% owned subsidiary
of Telenor A/S, to build and operate its GSM radio network.
Under phase 1 of this three year frame agreement TPP
becomes a new customer for Nokia in Pakistan. The Nokia
supplied part of the network will initially cover Central
and Northern Punjab.
Deliveries of the Nokia GSM base station subsystem (BSS)
will start immediately and the network will be operational
by second quarter 2005.
"We are delighted to be working with Telenor, a
new GSM operator in Pakistan. This is also a new market
for Nokia and we are proud to support the development
of new technologies and services. With the Nokia GSM
BSS solution Telenor will be able to quickly achieve
high quality network coverage in Pakistan - a large
untapped key growth market," says Walid Moneimne,
Senior Vice President, Networks, Nokia.
Under the agreement Nokia will supply its complete GSM
base station subsystem that can be smoothly upgraded
to 3G WCDMA. In addition Nokia will provide turnkey
implementation of the network, including site acquisition,
civil works, network planning, implementation and project
management for fast quality ramp-up of the solution.
Nokia will also operate the BSS part of its network.
Nokia will establish the network operations to ensure
the timely launch of the quality network.
Nokia Care services, including software maintenance,
emergency support and hardware services as well as training
will help keep the network running at peak performance.
The services will be provided using Nokia NetAct (TM),
the only fully-featured, multi-vendor, multi-technology
operations support system on a single platform.
Nokia can draw on its over 15-year track record of implementing
and operating networks and its extensive practical experience
of implementing mobile services for operators. Nokia
has contracted operating services for 20 operators globally,
in addition to providing full turnkey implementations
for a total of 25 customers in 21 countries. Nokia NetAct(TM)
has been delivered to over 300 customers.
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