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23rd February 2005 -Telecom Personal has selected Nokia
to supply a GSM/EDGE radio network to cover nine provinces
in northern Argentina. Telecom Personal is a new network
customer for Nokia.
The new network is already in service. Under the agreement,
Nokia has deployed EDGE-capable base stations and related
equipment in the provinces of La Rioja, Catamarca, Formosa,
Misiones, Santa Fe, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos,
and Córdoba. In addition, Nokia has provided
operations support system (OSS), implementation services,
base station optimization, spare parts, and project
management. The services will be provided using Nokia
NetActä, the only fully featured, multi-vendor,
multi-technology operations support system on a single
platform.
"This EDGE-capable network is the platform for
sustaining the leadership of Telecom Personal in technology
innovation and quality of service," said Guillermo
Rivaben, Marketing Director, Telecom Personal.
"We are extremely pleased to be working with Telecom
Personal," said Roberto Loiola, Vice President,
Networks, Nokia. "Argentina is an exciting and
important market for Nokia, and we are gratified by
the trust that Telecom Personal, a new customer, has
placed in our solutions and deployment expertise. We
look forward to building on this excellent start and
continuing our cooperation into the future."
Telecom Personal, the first GSM operator in Argentina,
is the mobile company of the Telecom Argentina Group,
holding principally owned by Telecom Italia and the
Argentine Werthein Group. Telecom Personal is one of
the largest mobile operators in Argentina with over
4 million subscribers.
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