Alcatel Awarded Contracts Worth Euro 58 million to Expand Taiwan's Telecommunications Network.Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2001 Alcatel, the world leader in digital switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. , has been awarded two key contracts by Chunghwa Telecom Not to be confused with China Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom (Traditional Chinese: 中華電信; Hanyu Pinyin: (CHT CHT Chart CHT Center for Health Transformation (Washington, DC) CHT Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh region) CHT Certified Hypnotherapist CHT Cylinder Head Temperature CHT Certified Hand Therapist ), the Taiwanese incumbent telecommunications operator, to further develop its fixed network and services. Total value of the contracts amounts to 58 million euros. Alcatel will supply and install one million telephone lines in the Northern and Central areas of Taiwan. Deliveries will begin in December 2001, and commercial service is planned for May 2002. Under the contracts, Alcatel will deliver its Alcatel 1000 digital switching systems, signalling transfer point solutions and Intelligent Network (IN) platforms. Alcatel also will provide Local Number Portability "LNP" redirects here. For the airport in Virginia with that IATA code, see Lonesome Pine Airport. For the compound InP, see Indium phosphide. Local number portability, (LNP) for fixed lines, and full mobile number portability services and Equal Access across Taiwan. "These contracts reaffirm Alcatel's leading position in the highly competitive Taiwanese market," said Jim Chen Jim Chen is the current Dean of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, after recently leaving his position as professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School. , Alcatel's vice-president of Sales & Marketing in Taiwan. "Alcatel has won 60 percent of the switching contracts and 100 percent of the IN contracts awarded by Chunghwa Telecom." The contracts reinforce the partnership between the two companies. In Taiwan Alcatel has been supplying CHT with switching systems since 1973, and more recently transmission equipment and broadband equipment such as ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and ATM. About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 110,000 employees and sales of Euro 31 billion in 2000, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, www.alcatel.com |
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