Ericsson Clinches its Largest Deal With China Unicom.STOCKHOLM Stockholm (stŏk`hôlm'), city (1995 pop. 692,954), capital of Sweden and of Stockholm co., E Sweden, situated where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. , Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1999-- Ericsson Er·ics·son , John 1803-1889. American engineer and inventor who built the first ironclad warship, the Monitor (1862), which engaged the Confederate Merrimack in a famous naval battle of the Civil War (March 9, 1862). (Nasdaq:ERICY) has signed a contract for the third phase of China Unicom's GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. expansion in the Sichuan province. Valued at close to $55 million, this signifies the largest contract signed by Ericsson to date with China Unicom China Unicom, full name China United Telecommunications Corporation, 中国联通, HKSE: 0762 NYSE: CHU, is a telecommunication operator in the People's Republic of China. 52. . With the expansion, China Unicom's GSM capacity in the province will serve some 680,000 users. The expansion will be completed in February 2000, just before the Chinese New Year Chinese New Year (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: Chūnjié), or Spring Festival . Ericsson will supply wireless datacom solutions enabling China Unicom to offer their customers services in line with growing new user demands. The company will also, at a later date, supply further solutions for enhancing speeds of datacom services over the mobile network. The infrastructure will be provided by one of Ericsson's joint ventures, Beijing Ericsson Mobile Communications Company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Ltd. Ericsson began its co-operation with China Unicom in Sichuan 1996, supplying the operator's first GSM system in the province a province with more than 70 million inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. . Ericsson signed its first contract with China Unicom in 1995. During 1999, Ericsson has signed nine contracts with China Unicom for a total value of close to $180 million . The eight other contracts signed earlier this year are for GSM expansions in Sichuan, Jilin, Anhui, Yunnan, Hainan provinces and the city of Wuxi, as well as for an expansion of the Guangdong Gateway, connecting wireline and mobile networks. Ericsson China has more than 3,800 employees, 23 offices across the country and eight joint ventures that provide a full range of communications solutions and services. Ericsson is the leading provider in the new telecoms world, with communications solutions that combine telecom and datacom technologies with freedom of mobility for the user. With more than 100,000 employees in 140 countries, Ericsson simplifies communications for its customers - network operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers - the world over. Please visit Ericsson's Press Room at: http://www.ericsson.se/pressroom |
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