Nokia’s solution enhances ZheJiang’s operational efficiency and coverage

Nokia, a leading mobile network supplier in China, has signed a GSM expansion contract with China Mobile Group ZheJiang Co., Ltd (ZheJiang) in China. The contract, valued at approximately USD 43 million, will enhance ZheJiang’s operational efficiency and boost GSM coverage in both urban and rural areas of the Zhejiang province.

Under the contract, Nokia will supply its radio and core network, including the Nokia MSC Server mobile softswitch as well as an online Home Location Register (HLR) subscriber database backup feature. Nokia will also supply its multivendor, multitechnology Nokia NetAct(TM) network and service management system, including Nokia NetAct(TM) Traffica. In addition, Nokia will provide ZheJiang with network planning, implementation, and integration services. The deliveries have already started.

“It has been our great pleasure to work closely with ZheJiang over the past ten years and we are delighted to continue the cooperation. We are confident that Nokia’s unique end-to-end solutions and professional services will enable ZheJiang to have a GSM network that meets the increasing need for coverage and capacity in the province and will be able to bear the traffic peak also during the festival season,” says James Lin, Vice President, Networks, Nokia China. “We are pleased to support ZheJiang to reduce operating expenditure and offer their customers more reliable service due to our unique online database backup feature.”

Nokia’s online database backup feature provides real time backup of Home Location Register (HLR) subscriber information, enhancing ZheJiang’s network resiliency by improving subscriber data availability. The feature can be implemented with just a cost-efficient software upgrade to ZheJiang’s existing Nokia HLR.

Nokia leads the 3GPP compliant mobile softswitch market in China and is a leading GSM network supplier in the Chinese market with over 20 provincial customers.
Source: nokia.com

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