Dobson contracts Ericsson, Nortel for Alaska upgrade.(Business)

RCR Wireless News, November, 2003

Dobson Communications Corp. signed $10 million in contracts with L.M. Ericsson and Nortel Networks Ltd. to upgrade the carrier's current TDMA-based network in Alaska with GSM/GPRS/EDGE technology and said it expects to spend an additional $3.5 million next year to further enhance network capacity and efficiency.

The contract calls for Ericsson to supply GSM/GRPS base station infrastructure for the Alaska project and for Nortel to supply a new GSM/GPRS switch in Anchorage.

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