Nokia wins GSM contract in Bolivia
By Steve Riseborough
26 May 2000
Finnish vendor Nokia entered the Bolivian market for the first time on Friday when it announced a contract to supply a complete GSM 1900 network to mobile operator Nuevatel.
The contract, which Nokia claims is the first of its kind in Bolivia, is valued at approximately $25 million and includes switching, base station systems and WAP gateway solutions.
Initially deployed in the cities of La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, the company hopes the network will ultimately achieve national coverage.
"This will give us a strong position to become a leading PCS [Personal Communication Systems] provider offering innovative solutions to Bolivian customers," said Nuevatel president Pete Simpson.
Nokia signed an agreement earlier this week to supply a GSM network in Venezuela to Corporacion Digital, and it sells handsets across Latin America from its production facilities in Mexico and Brazil.
The company said the deal raises the number of its GSM customers to 94 operators in 43 countries.
The agreement follows Italian operator Telecom Italia's decision earlier this month to spend $70 million on its PCS wireless telephone operation in Peru.
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Nokia reveals all-IP core network
By Total Telecom staff
25 May 2000
Nokia Thursday announced the Nokia 3G All-IP Core, its concept for IP based 3G core networks, and said it hopes to implement the solution in 2002.
The company said the core will be the èrst to support the next generation of Internet protocol, IP version 6.
The core network is set to be compatible with most major radio and date network standards and to allow migration from current general packet radio services (GPRS) core and GSM circuit switched core.
"The Nokia 3G All-IP Core is targeted to support major radio access standards, blurring the difference between the fixed and mobile network for the end-user," said Lauri Melamies, senior vice president, Network Systems, Nokia.
"Today, voice is probably bringing in 95% of mobile operators' revenues. We believe that by 2005, mobile internet services will account for roughly 60% of the total revenues."
By including IPv6 compatibility in the network, Nokia hopes to establish proper quality of service and security in IP networks and to cater for the massive amounts of mobile Internet devices that are expected to require IP addresses.
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