NOKIA: Nokia and Globe Telecom sign network ex expansion agreement in the Philippines.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 July 1999-NOKIA: Nokia and Globe Telecom sign network expansion agreement in the Philippines (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:190799 Nokia and Globe Telecom have signed an agreement on the seventh expansion of Globe Telecom's Handyphone service, the company's GSM based Cellular Mobile Telephone System (CMTS).

The contract is valued at approximately USD 20 million, and the expansion is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. Under the agreement, Nokia will deliver its mobile switching centres, home location registers, short messaging centres, and an expansion of the Intelligent Network capacity and capabilities. Once completed, this upgrade will see the total network switching capacity increase to support almost 700,000...