Awards - 18/05/08

ALU signed a major contract with T-Mobile Germany to upgrade its network to EDGE. It also received a new contract from Globacom (Nigeria) to extend the network capacity and performance of its mobile and fixed networks. It will deploy an intelligent optical transport infrastructure for Tianjin Power, China. ALU will also deliver an end-to-end nationwide GSM/EDGE network to Africell Burundi. ALU Business Integrated Communications Solution (BiCS) portfolio has been selected by Belgacom as its preferred midmarket communications offer, and by Sennheiser Benelux.

Ericsson signed a major contract with T-Mobile Germany to upgrade its network to EDGE. It will deliver built-in HSPA mobile broadband modules into Dell' s laptops from 2Q08, and will expand Sunrise' s 3G/HSPA network in Switzerland, and Singtel' s 3G/HSPA network (worth $161m) for faster data and Internet access.

Cisco will team with Bharti Airtel (India) to provide managed network services to other companies.

NEC has received an order to supply an undersea cable system to the "JAKABARE" project, which connects Indonesia and Singapore.

Redback will supply broadband-on-demand services to Bharti Airtel (India).

ADVA Optical will help M-net (Germany) to expand its network to provision optical and Ethernet-based services for business users.

NSN has secured a €96m contract with Zain to expand its network in Iraq, and will deploy a 3G/HSDPA network in French Polynesia for Mara Telecom .

UTStarcom has been awarded an IPTV and VOIP service contract by United Telecom in Goa (India).

Huawei has been chosen by Mobile One (Singapore) to deploy 3G, HSPA and LTE systems over the next five years. It also will be selected by Reliance Comms in India, as the China Development Bank has provided a $750m loan to build a second mobile network.

Pace won a contract to supply BT with set-top boxes for its online TV service, BT Vision.

Intracom has signed a contract with the Syrian Wireless Organization for the deployment of a mobile network in Syria.