NSN secures US$1 billion of contracts in China

Nokia Siemens Networks has secured €750 million (US$1,003 million) worth of orders for mobile equipment from China Mobile and China Unicom. China Mobile, the world’s largest operator by subscribers, has signed frame agreements for GSM and TD-SCDMA network equipment, as well as IP multimedia subsystem solutions. China Unicom has ordered GSM, WCDMA and HSPA solutions.

As part of the deals, the Finland-based company will provide networking services to support 3G services at both operators, including network planning, deployment, maintenance and training.

The agreements strengthen existing ties between NSN and the Chinese operators, building on similar contracts that were inked in 2009.