Nokia and New World Mobility sign network expansion agreement in Hong Kong - Company Business and Marketing

Cambridge Telcom Report, Feb 21, 2000

Nokia and New World Mobility have signed an agreement for the further expansion of New World Mobility's mobile communication services in Hong Kong SAR. The contract is valued at almost USD 25 million and the expansion is scheduled to be completed by the end of this month.

With this agreement, Nokia will deliver mobile switching equipment, base stations, high capacity base station controllers and a full range of professional services. In addition, Nokia will provide its cutting-edge Intelligent Frequency Hopping (IFH) technology to further enhance the capacity and quality of the New World Mobility network.

The partnership between Nokia and New World Mobility has been established since 1996 and Nokia remains the sole infrastructure supplier for the network in Hong Kong. Nokia's GPRS core network solution was supplied to New World Mobility last year.

"As the leading PCS operator in Hong Kong, we expand our network continuously in order to provide our customers with the best technology and innovative feature offerings. We are pleased to have the continued addition of Nokia's state-of-the-art equipment into our system to enable New World Mobility to offer the best network coverage and quality with the most competitive, high quality and flexible service portfolio to our customers," says Mr. Albert Wong, Chief Executive of New World Telephone Group.

"This agreement further underlines our good relationship with New World Mobility," says Mr. Mike Mulvey, Managing Director, Nokia Networks, Nokia (HK) Ltd. "New World Mobility and Nokia have been working together to build this network to accommodate more than 500,000 subscribers in less than four years, and Nokia's infrastructure will lay the ground for the next generation of multimedia rich services in the years to come."

New World Mobility's quality mobile services are provided by New World Telephone Group. Since 1995, New World Telephone Group has grown rapidly into one of the largest telecommunications companies in Hong Kong. Building on its strategic set of fixed network and mobile licences, New World Telephone Group provides a full range of advanced, integrated telecommunications solutions, including local fixed telephone network, international communications, mobile, and interactive multimedia public payphone services.

Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, net sales totaled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 55 000 people.