Telenor to replace its infrastructure for mobile services in Norway
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - (Oslo/Fornebu, 5 November 2009): Telenor is going to replace itsentire mobile services infrastructure in Norway during the nextyears, with the aim of creating a flexible and cost efficientplatform for mobile services. Huawei and Starent Networks have beenchosen as the technology providers for the wireless network andmobile core network, respectively.The scope of the agreement includes the delivery of equipment acrosstechnology generations and frequency bands, as well as multi-basestations for 2G, 3G/UMTS and 4G/LTE. The change of providers willalso entail digitisation, with the entire wireless network and corenetwork being migrated to an IP-based platform."This is the biggest upgrade of the mobile network in Norway we haveever carried out. It will create a solid and flexible base forfurther developing the services offered by the Telenor mobile networkand the quality of those services. Our aim is to provide customerswith better, more innovative services across the country. This meansbetter in terms of capacity, speed and stability," explains RagnarKårhus, head of Telenor Norway.The replacement of infrastructure will represent a moderate increasein investments over the next two years, and thereafter improve ourcost and capex structure.Providers were selected on the basis of a thorough tender process.The providers were assessed according to technical requirements andspecifications, future plans, commercial terms and conditions thatcould ensure stable, effective and predictable cooperation."All the providers were evenly matched, but in the end Huawei andStarent Networks emerged as the winners. It was a combination oftechnical quality, reliability in terms of handling a large-scaleequipment replacement operation and commercial terms that was thedeciding factor," says Ragnar Kårhus.The agreement will run for six years and it must be given finalapproval by the Board of Directors at Telenor ASA."Huawei has also developed a very exciting concept where partners areclosely involved in developing future services and infrastructure.This innovation centre was also a factor that stood out in theoverall assessment. It provides us with an opportunity to furtherdevelop our role as a leading mobile operator and create conditionsfor technology development," adds Kårhus."We feel proud that we have won this contract with one of the world'sleading mobile operators in its own domestic market and we arelooking forward to this very exciting collaboration," says YuChengdong, Senior Vice-President for Huawei, European Region."Telenor is a market leader because it focuses on providing asuperior customer experience along with compelling services. We arepleased that Starent Networks can be involved in this venture as weare committed to Telenor's success and to providing solutions fortheir broadband multimedia networks," says Ashraf Dahod, presidentand chief executive officer at Starent Networks.Press meeting at 12 p.m.CEO Ragnar Kårhus and CTO Rolv-Erik Spilling at Telenor Norway arepleased to invite the press to a meeting at Telenors Headquarter atFornebu at 12 p.m. to answer questions about the agreements, and theconsequences of the technology replacement. The press meeting willtake place in building E, room E 4.2.Contact person regarding press meeting:Information manager Anders Krokan, tel. +47 952 09 037anders.krokan(at)telenor.comPress contacts at Huawei and Starent Networks:Huawei:Anders Ljunggren, Huawei, tel. +47 41 041 626.anders.ljunggren(at)huawei.comStarent Networks:Jennifer Buchhalter, tel. +1 978 863 3749jbuchhalter(at)starentnetworks.comFor more information about Huawei and Starent, visit:www.huawei.comwww.starentnetworks.comThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 05.11.2009 - 08:01 Uhr
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