Mobile contracts - 21/09/07

Ericsson has upgraded 3 Scandinavia network with enhanced mobile broadband services at up to 7.2Mbit/s. It has bee awarded two contracts for hosted multimedia services: a ringback tones service and content downloads, by CellularOne (Dobson group) in the US. It signed a turnkey contract with Vodafone Netherlands to deploy its Automatic Data Retention Solution (ADRS).

Samsung will deliver eight W-CDMA phone models to SK Telecom for the end of the year.

Kyocera (Japan) is in the final round of talks to acquire (for about $430m) the mobile phone unit of Sanyo Electric.

LG has sold over 3.4m LG Chocolate handsets in the US with Verizon Wireless.

Huawei has won a $150 order from Bharti Airtel Lanka (Sri Lanka) for building and managing GSM infrastructure over the next three years, as well as deploying 3G network solutions. It also won a contract from Orange Poland (Centertel) for a UMTS/ HSDPA network.

RFS is supplying RF technology on a massive scale to Mexico's Iusacell for CDMA network expansion.

ALU will provide network upgrade to CDMA 2000 1xEV-DO Revision A for Iusacell (Mexico). It signed a deal with Orange Switzerland for GSM network extension and maintenance.

Ip.access has been selected by Orascom Telecom to provide its 2G picocell and 3G femtocell products.

Zhone Technologies will provide Vodafone Iceland with its multi-service access platform MALC system.

ZTE has received a $478m contract from ETC (Ethiopia) to extent its GSM network building to Phase II.