11 June 2004 17:08
Russia - Alcatel signs GSM network contract with NCC
Alcatel has signed a new contract with Russian regional mobile operator Nizhegorodskaya Cellular Communication (NCC)
to extend the operator's GSM network. This project, to be completed in August 2004, will provide a higher quality
of service to the existing 500,000 subscribers in the Privolzhsky Federal region and notably in two main cities of this
area. This announcement was made on the occasion of an official ceremony held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the
first GSM call in Russia. The first GSM deployment in Russia was made possible by the cooperation between Alcatel and
NCC, which began in 1993 with a contract for the delivery of Alcatel's base stations and switching systems in the
Nizhny Novgorod region. The new contract complements a previous contract won in March 2004 with NCC and for which
Alcatel will deliver and operationalize its Evolium global mobile solutions including Base Station Subsystem (BSS) and
Network Sub-System (NSS).
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