Qualcomm and Teleepoch
Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October
6, 2007
MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband
Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6,
2007
Brazilian government to
publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007
KTF 3G service suffers
from technical problems, October 6, 2007
Argentina’s Personal
lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007
Russia has it's first 3G
network, October 6, 2007
AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent
as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007
Enea Extends License Agreement
with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007
LG to unveil premium handsets
in Brazil, October 2, 2007
KTF 3G subscribers doubled
in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007
3G policy in India will
be non-uniform, October 2, 2007
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ONE awards Alcatel Euro 472 million 3G services contract
November 13, 2003
Alcatel nnounced, in Vienna, that it has been awarded a 7-year outsourcing
deal by ONE, the Austrian mobile communications operator, for the management,
operation and maintenance of its network. This contract is worth Euro
472 million and will take effect as of January 1, 2004. By outsourcing
its network activities, ONE intends to shift its focus from managing infrastructure
to the development of new customer-oriented services and optimize its
processes to gain in efficiency.
Per this contract, Alcatel will mainly provide the operation and maintenance
of the entire multi-vendor mobile network of 1.4 million subscribers and
will manage the project planning and the physical rollout of ONE's GSM
network extensions and new UMTS infrastructure, independently of the origin
of the equipment. This contract also includes facility management for
ONE's headquarters, regional offices and ONE shops.
The outsourcing agreement involves the transfer of approximately 200
operation and maintenance employees from ONE to Alcatel in Austria.
ONE's CEO Jorgen Bang-Jensen sees strategic advantages in the alliance
with Alcatel: "New mobile technologies today support the launch of a wide
range of added value services designed to meet our customers' expectations.
To take full advantage of this potential, we have decided to concentrate
on the development of customer-specific services and therefore will outsource
network operations to Alcatel, our strategic network partner. Alcatel
has proven its experience in this domain as well as its understanding
of our business and the importance of our staff in our success."
Serge Tchuruk, Chairman and CEO of Alcatel said: "This contract demonstrates
how Alcatel, by taking on the operations and maintenance of the network,
can help operators focus their resources on what is really core for them:
their customers. The role of Alcatel in such contracts changes from that
of an equipment supplier to that of a strategic partner that is responsible
for helping the operator to meet the market challenges."
In executing the deal, Alcatel will use the synergies it creates with
other contracts at the network maintenance level, particularly in Austria
where Alcatel already provides network rollout and maintenance services
for other customers. At an operational level, Alcatel will be able to
leverage the skills and experience gained for our recently executed contract
with Telecom New Zealand.
This contract and its unique scale confirms Alcatel's position as the
worldwide leader for outsourced operations and maintenance of multi-vendor
networks.
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