30th 3G Contract: Italian Operator Wind Goes With Siemens for 3G/UMTS Network.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2004 Contract worth over 300 million Euros - 3 out of Italy's 4 operators rely on Siemens Italian telecom operator Wind has named the mobile communication group at Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. (Siemens mobile Siemens cellular telephones were mobile phones, produced by Siemens AG. In 2005 the Taiwanese company BenQ acquired the financially bleeding mobile phone subsidiary from Siemens and gained the exclusive right to use Siemens trademark for 5 years. for short) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SI) (FWB (Fixed Wireless Broadband) See fixed wireless. :SIE SIE Sierra Health (stock symbol) SIE Serial Interface Engine SIE Serviciul de Informatii Externe (Romanian: Intelligence Service for the Exterior) SIE Società Italiana di Endocrinologia ) as one of the suppliers for its 3G/UMTS network. Under the terms of the agreement, Siemens mobile will supply and install 3G/UMTS network infrastructure and radio base stations. In addition, Siemens will also optimize Wind's existing mobile network and replace some of its present equipment. The first phase of the agreement will run for three years and involve a total business volume of more than 300 million Euros. Siemens is now supplying three of Italy's four mobile operators with 3G/UMTS network technology. This is the third 3G/UMTS contract for Siemens in Italy and the 30th for Siemens mobile worldwide, confirming the company's leading position in next generation mobile network infrastructure. With a world market share of 23 percent, Siemens numbers among the leading equipment suppliers for 3G/UMTS. In Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). , Siemens has received more 3G/UMTS contracts than any other supplier. Furthermore, Siemens is the number one worldwide in terms of network launches. Of the 22 3G/UMTS networks already in operation, 12 were built by Siemens and its partner NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. . "This latest agreement reinforces our strong number two position in Italy with a 30-percent market share of the mobile network market," said Lothar Pauly, a member of the Siemens mobile Group Board. "In deploying its 3G/UMTS network, Wind can count on the know-how of a partner with a strong Italian presence and leading expertise in 3G/UMTS worldwide." Siemens mobile's operations in Italy include a total workforce of more than 2,800 people, as well as two manufacturing facilities and two R&D centers of excellence, with the one in Cinisello Balsamo focusing on 3G/UMTS mobile networks. With this contract, Siemens is strengthening its partnership with Wind, which dates back to the late 1990s with the installation of Wind's GSM network. This latest 3G/UMTS contact also includes supply and installation of GSM equipment to complete and augment Wind's mobile communication infrastructure for 2G services. |
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