Telecom Personal Awards Nokia GSM/Edge Network Deal in Argentina

Telecom Personal Awards Nokia GSM/Edge Network Deal in Argentina

ESPOO, Finland, February 23/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Telecom Personal has selected Nokia to supply a GSM/EDGE radio network to cover nine provinces in northern Argentina. Telecom Personal is a new network customer for Nokia. The new network is already in service. Under the agreement, Nokia has deployed EDGE-capable base stations and related equipment in the provinces of La Rioja, Catamarca, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, and Cordoba. In addition, Nokia has provided operations support system (OSS), implementation services, base station optimization, spare parts, and project management. The services will be provided using Nokia NetActa, the only fully featured, multi-vendor, multi-technology operations support system on a single platform.

"This EDGE-capable network is the platform for sustaining the leadership of Telecom Personal in technology innovation and quality of service," said Guillermo Rivaben, Marketing Director, Telecom Personal.

"We are extremely pleased to be working with Telecom Personal," said Roberto Loiola, Vice President, Networks, Nokia. "Argentina is an exciting and important market for Nokia, and we are gratified by the trust that Telecom Personal, a new customer, has placed in our solutions and deployment expertise. We look forward to building on this excellent start and continuing our cooperation into the future."

Telecom Personal, the first GSM operator in Argentina, is the mobile company of the Telecom Argentina Group, holding principally owned by Telecom Italia and the Argentine Werthein Group. Telecom Personal is one of the largest mobile operators in Argentina with over 4 million subscribers.

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