The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.
- Cellular
- Germany: E-Plus said it signed an agreement to oursource a variety of its network operations to Aclatel-Lucent.
- India: L.M. Ericsson and IDEA Cellular signed a three-year contract calling for Ericsson to expand IDEA’s GSM network in the Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh telecom circles.
- Pakistan: Siemens Networks and Nokia Corp. won contracts with Telenor Pakistan. Siemens Networks said it won a three-year contract to expand and manage the carrier’s GSM network, including providing equipment for the southern parts of the country as well as expanding and upgrading the core network nationwide. Nokia Corp. said it expanded its frame agreement with Telenor Pakistan to provide GSM radio network equipment and services until 2009. Nokia’s contract covers Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan Administered Kashmir and northern regions of the country. Together the contracts are valued at up to $750 million.
- Peru: L.M. Ericsson said it delivered a GSM/GPRS access network to Telefonica Moviles subsidiary Movistar.
- Poland: Alcatel-Lucent said it upgraded and expanded Sferia’s CDMA2000 network in Warsaw, including adding CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology.
WiMAX - Namibia: Alvaraion Ltd. said Telecom Namibia plans to use its BreezeMAX system to upgrade its wireless local loop system with WiMAX technology.
- Switzerland: Swisscom plans to begin a field trial of WiMAX technology in the community of Boltigen
- In Texas, the city of Brownsville has chosen IBM for a $4 million modernization project that includes a WiMAX network.
Miscellaneous - United States: InnerWireless Inc., which provides in-building wireless solutions, said Wireless Medical Telemetry Service for patient monitoring is being deployed over its infrastructure in three health care systems, including HealthAlliance Hospital in Massachusetts, Platte Valley Medical Center in Colorado and Foote Hospital in Michigan. Also in the United States, Alcatel-Lucent and its LGS subsidiary won the Regional Wireless Broadband Network equipment contract by the District of Columbia as part of the National Capital Region Interoperability Program. The contract has a potential value of up to $110 million and calls for the companies to provide a turnkey regional wireless broadband network.
