NOKIA EXPANDS GSM NETWORK IN BEIJING, CHINA.HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 1997--Beijing Telecommunications Administration and Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications Ltd. have signed an agreement for the expansion of Beijing TA'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. network. The deliveries will begin in February and the value of the agreement is close to USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 50 million. With this expansion, the network capacity will be increased to 550,000 subscribers. Nokia will deliver to Beijing TA its DX 200 mobile switching centres, base station controllers, base stations and home location registers. The agreement also includes expansions to the existing switching centres, base station controllers, home location registers and network management system. Chinese-character short message service will be supported by the Nokia Short Message Service Center and full GSM infrastructure. The future top-end Nokia GSM phones sold in China will have Chinese SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. as a standard feature. Nokia will supply to Beijing the full network subsystem and also a major part of the base station subsystem The Base Station Subsystem (BSS) is the section of a traditional cellular telephone network which is responsible for handling traffic and signaling between a mobile phone and the Network Switching Subsystem. . Nokia's DX 200 mobile switching center A switching center is a node in a telecommunications Circuit switching network which is connected to either another switching center and/or to end user devices. Switching centers are aware of other centers and possible routes between them such that on demand a center can establish serves over 100,000 subscribers in Beijing TA's network. It is the largest capacity of a single mobile switching center in China. Beijing TA's network, supplied by Nokia, is the first system to support international roaming among GSM networks in China. Nokia announced the first phase order of the Beijing GSM network in May 1994, and has previously signed two expansion agreements with Beijing TA, the first one in February, 1995 and the second in May, 1996. Nokia is an international telecommunications group with net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight of USD 8.5 billion in 1996 and has over 31,000 employees worldwide. Nokia is a world leader in GSM/DCS digital cellular networks, and to date, Nokia's GSM/DCS technology has been supplied or ordered by 53 operators in 31 countries. Nokia has supplied its GSM technology in China also to Fujian PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. , Yunnan PTA, Zhejiang PTA, Henan PTA, Jiangxi PTA, Shanghai Unicom and Changsha Unicom. CONTACT: Ms. Arja Suominen, Nokia Telecommunications Tel. Int. + 358 9 511 38193, fax Int. + 358 9 511 38199 or http://www.nokia.com |
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