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China Unicom boosts network capacity 40%

http://www.telecomasia.net/telecomasia/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=133223

November 12, 2004

(Business Wire via NewsEdge) China Unicom has expanded its network capacity by 40% to nearly 12 million subscribers, using cdma2000 1X 3G wireless solutions from Nortel in a deal worth about $220 million.

The move enables China Unicom to offer video and photo email, location-based services and fast wireless Internet access.

Equipment deployed includes Nortel's next-generation CDMA base station controllers and CDMA Metro Cell base transceiver stations.

The new deployments - in Chongqing Municipality and the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Shandong, Heilongjiang, Henan and Hunan - were part of China Unicom's Phase III CDMA network expansion.

China Unicom operates one of the world's largest CDMA 1X networks, which has attracted millions of subscribers since its launch in March 2003.