Siemens will expand China Mobile Communications Corp.’s (CMCC) GSM networks in Shanghai and Inner Mongolia. China United Telecommunications Corp. (China Unicom) has commissioned Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group (IC Mobile) to expand the GSM networks in Shanghai, Fujian, Wuhan, Guizhou and Qinghai. Both orders together are worth $196 million.
The CMCC subsidiaries Shanghai Mobile and Inner Mongolia Mobile have commissioned Siemens IC Mobile to supply and install around 750 GSM base stations. As part of the order, Siemens will also be installing its core network component Power CP for the first time in China. This is a new mobile switching system which will increase and optimize network capacity. The CMCC order is worth $128 million and is to be completed by the end of November 2001.
Siemens IC Mobile was awarded the order from China Unicom worth $68 million for the provinces of Shanghai, Fujian, Wuhan, Guizhou and Qinghai. It entails supplying mobile switching systems and new base stations, as well as setting up intelligent network services. These expansions should be carried out by the end of 2001.
