NORTEL NETWORKS WINS $250 MILLION IN GSM.Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NT)(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :NT.) has received awards estimated to be worth approximately US$250 million from Chunghwa Telecom Not to be confused with China Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom (Traditional Chinese: 中華電信; Hanyu Pinyin: for wireless infrastructure equipment - including GSM Gateway A GSM Gateway (also known as a GSM Router, Fixed Cellular Terminal, Fixed Wireless Terminal, Cellular Gateway) is a device enabling a GSM SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module) to be utilised from a fixed/land line handset as though they were calling from the GSM Mobile Mobile Switching Centers - to expand its existing GSM network in Taiwan. These expansions are expected to increase Chunghwa Telecom's network capacity to 6.5 million subscribers, and will enable Taiwan's leading telecommunications provider to offer high-performance Wireless Internet services across the country. "This will allow us to accommodate growth in both subscribers and Short Message traffic, as well as to improve coverage in 'hot spots,'" said Mr. Chin-Yi Yue, president, Long Distance and Mobile Business Group, Chunghwa Telecom. "It will also enable us to accommodate burgeoning growth of prepaid subscribers," Mr. Yue said. "We will continue to benefit from Nortel Networks portfolio of GSM services GSM services are a standard collection of applications and features available to mobile phone subscribers all over the world. The GSM standards are defined by the 3GPP collaboration and implemented in hardware and software by equipment manufacturers and mobile phone operators. , which has maximum network design flexibility and efficiency, and without interruption." Market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" for mobile phone service in Taiwan is among the world's highest. As of April 2001, more than 19.5 million - or 85 percent - of Taiwan's 23 million people owned a mobile phone, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Taiwan's Directorate General of Telecommunications. Chunghwa Telecom operates Taiwan's only nationwide, dual mode GSM network, combining the coverage of GSM 900 with the capacity of GSM 1800. Subscribers using dual-band handsets are able to place and receive calls from virtually anywhere in Taiwan. "Nortel Networks built the initial mobile network for Chunghwa Telecom in 1994," said Robert Mao, chairman, Nortel Networks China. "These latest contracts exemplify the strength of Nortel Networks in Wireless Internet solutions, as well as the strength of our continuing relationship with Chunghwa Telecom and our support for their wireless solutions." Nortel Networks has been awarded wireless network contracts throughout the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and 17 of 31 provinces in the People's Republic of China. Globally, Nortel Networks has worked with more than 60 operators in 30 countries to implement cost-effective, high-performance GSM networks. With its 'Wings of Light' strategy unifying IP, optical and wireless networking, Nortel Networks is helping to accelerate time-to-market and time-to-profit for wireless operators preparing to offer next generation Wireless Internet services. |
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