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Vinaphone selects Alca-Lu for mobile network upgrade

By Team Diginews4u ⋅ April 13, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded a contract by Vinaphone, a mobile operator in Vietnam, to upgrade its GSM network in 16 northern provinces with advanced EDGE broadband data functionality.

In addition, Alcatel-Lucent’s solution is expected to provide Vinaphone with the flexibility to introduce new technologies in the future, including EDGE+, W-CDMA, HSPA, HSPA+, and LTE.

The contract was signed through Alcatel-Lucent’s flagship company in China, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. The deployment is currently underway and the expanded network will begin providing commercial services in April 2009.

The company informed that upon commercial launch, this network upgrade and modernisation project will boost the capacity and coverage of Vinaphone’s network and enable the operator to offer its customers a range of advanced services in the future.

Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will design, deploy and maintain its GSM/EDGE radio access solution including its latest Base Station Controller platform and TWIN transceivers.

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Tags: EDGE, GSM, Radio