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15th July 2004 - Nokia has signed a turnkey deal worth
EUR 125 million with Ukrainian operator DCC/Astelit
to build and operate its GSM/EDGE radio network. With
this frame agreement DCC/Astelit, which is majority
owned by Turkcell, becomes a new customer for Nokia.
In a deal expected to last two years, deliveries of
the Nokia base station subsystem (BSS) will start immediately.
"Nokia is well known as the leader in the telecommunication
world. DCC/Astelit has chosen Nokia as a partner to
build its GSM network in Ukraine, based first of all
on our trust in the company's name and our recognition
of the quality of its equipment," said Valeriy
Grigorievich Stepanenko, Chairman of the Supervision
Board, CJSC "Digital Cellular Communication of
Ukraine".
"We are proud to provide DCC/Astelit with a GSM/EDGE
BSS solution to quickly achieve high quality network
coverage in Ukraine. There is a large untapped market
to be addressed in this country, one of the fastest
growing markets of the region, and we look forward to
working with DCC/Astelit for quick and smooth rollout
towards successful service launch," says Jaakko
Myllymäki, Vice President, Networks, Nokia.
Under the agreement Nokia will supply its complete GSM/EDGE
base station subsystem, which 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 is also providing its operations start-up package
to support DCC/Astelit in starting and developing its
operations competencies and procedures for the network
for the first six months. Nokia Care services, including
software maintenance, emergency support and hardware
services as well as training will help keep the network
running at peak performance.
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.
About DCC
The company "Digital Communication of Ukraine"
(DCC) was founded in 1995 in Donetsk. The first digital
cellular communication technology appeared in Ukraine
in 1996 with the launch of DCC's network in Donetsk.
DCC has the licenses for cellular, long-distance &
international communication, and its network was constructed
on the basis of the American D-AMPS digital standard.
Now DCC provides services in Kyiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk,
Kharkiv, Odessa, Luhansk, Zaporizhza & in the regions
of those cities, as well in Simferopol & Crimea.
DCC also provides roaming services for travelling subscribers
in CIS countries. For subscribers travelling overseas,
the company provides beneficial conditions for handset
leasing with communication services in 58 countries.
The company now provides services to more than 80 000
subscribers.
DCC has joined the International Association of DAMPS
operators as a Ukraine representative. The equipment
used in its networks allowed DCC to be among the countries
which use advanced digital cellular communication technologies.
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