YOU ARE AT:WirelessContracts: NEC and Fujitsu with Asia; China Unicom and Ericsson; and more

Contracts: NEC and Fujitsu with Asia; China Unicom and Ericsson; and more

NEC Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd.

Asia: With NTT Communications, the Philippines Long Distance Telephone Co., StarHub Ltd. and Telekom Malaysia Berhad to construct the Asia Submarine-cable Express system, a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable system that will link Japan to Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Malaysia. Read more here.

Value: Undisclosed

Kapsch CarrierCom

Poland: With PKP/PLK, the Polish rail infrastructure company, for the deployment of a digital train radio system and its first GSM-R pilot project. The system integrator will deploy GSM-R base stations and additional data transmission equipment on an 84 km railway section.

Value: 11 million Euro

China Unicom

China: With Ericsson to supply its gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution in more than 10 provinces across China. The GPON infrastructure and smart management system will enable China Unicom to roll out fiber-to-the-home and fiber-to-the-building across the country faster and at a lower cost. The contract marks China Unicom’s first large-scale deployment of GPON technology.

Value: Undisclosed

Elster and Tropos Networks

United States: With the City of Naperville, Ill., to supply smart grid deployment for the Naperville Smart Grid Initiative (NSGI). Key goals of the NSGI are to help modernize the electric grid, to improve operational efficiencies and power reliability.

Value: Undisclosed

Singapore’s MediaCorp

Singapore: With Ericsson to enable and manage MediaCorp’s new service via broadband connection, “interactive TV” to consumers. The contract is Ericsson’s first managed services deal with a media company in Asia and includes a broad range of Ericsson TV solutions that enable consumers to watch their video content at any time, anywhere, on a wide variety of devices. Ericsson will supply, integrate, manage and operate the complete end-to-end technical solution over a five-year period.

Value: Undisclosed

ABOUT AUTHOR