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Nokia seals deal with Taiwan Cellular Corp to deliver WCDMA 3G Network
December 22, 2002
Nokia and Taiwan Cellular Corp. (TCC), part of the Taiwan Telecom
Group, signed an agreement for Nokia to be supplier of TCC's 3G
network in Taiwan. The agreement represents another major milestone
for Nokia in its goal to expand its share of the WCDMA market to
35%.
Deliveries are slated to begin in first quarter 2003 with Nokia
providing both 3G core and radio-access network equipment for the
roll-out and introduction of TCC's nationwide WCDMA network.
The Nokia WCDMA 3G solution should enable the nearly 8 million
mobile subscribers of the privately held Telecom Group to enjoy
advanced multimedia mobile services, such as multimedia messaging,
mobile entertainment, mobile location services, corporate services,
and m-commerce.
Nokia has been working with TCC since early 2001, having supplied
the operator's whole GPRS solution.
"3G is a cornerstone of advanced mobile services, and currently
34 operators worldwide have chosen Nokia's WCDMA solution. TCC is
now joining these forward-looking service providers who see WCDMA
as the best evolutionary path to true multimedia services," said
Mikko Heikkonen, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Nokia
Networks. "Nokia has the industry's widest experience in WCDMA roll-out.
The recent demonstration of seamless handover in live 2G and 3G
networks, combined with Friday's launch of J-Phone's Nokia-supplied
WCDMA network underscore the success of the Nokia solution."
WCDMA is the most efficient technology for integrated mobile voice
and data networks, said Nokia. WCDMA is fast emerging as the global
standard of choice for next-generation communications, with 85%
of the global 3G network markets expected to be based on WCDMA,
claimed Nokia.
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