Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:
Alcatel-Lucent
France: With Completel to undertake a major upgrade of its backbone communications network. Completel will deploy Alcatel-Lucent’s 100 Gigabit per second (100G) optical technology on new and existing routes to boost network capacity and performance.
Value: Undisclosed
Ericsson
Hungary: With Magyar Telekom (of Deutsche Telekom) to undertake a complete overhaul of its radio access network. Ericsson will transform 2G and 3G networks to be ready for 4G/LTE functionality once licenses have been allocated.
Value: Undisclosed
Nokia Siemens Networks
China: With Shanghai Unicom (of China Unicom) to maintain their network for the next five years.
Value: Undisclosed
Juniper Networks
South Korea: With KT to deliver comprehensive security to business mobile devices via the Junos Pulse and the Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite.
Value: Undisclosed
ZTE Corporation
Nordic Region: With Telenor Norway, Telenor Sweden and Telenor Denmark, to replace and expand the platforms for Voicemail, SMS, MMS, Location Based Services and WAP GW.
Value: Undisclosed
