Swedish telecommunications group Ericsson has signed a $143-million-dollar (€160-million) contract with Sichuan Mobile Communication Company in China for the expansion of its second generation GSM and GPRS mobile telephony network.
The expansion project will be completed in June 2002 and will raise the network's capacity to 4.2 million subscribers, Ericsson said.
The contract also covers expansion of the Mobile Intelligence Network, which will enable Sichuan Mobile to offer pre-paid services, private numbers and private virtual networks.
AFP
