Siemens Sustains Inner Mongolia Project

Communications Today, July 22, 2002

Siemens' [SI] Information and Communication Mobile Group will expand China Mobile's [CHL] GSM network in Inner Mongolia in a $22 million project scheduled for completion in April 2003.

This project, conducted by Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications, is Siemens' sixth and most extensive expansion of the GSM network for the China Mobile subsidiary Inner Mongolia MCC. Siemens will deliver and install GSM base stations and mobile switching technology for the Baotou, Huhhot, Linhe, and Wuhai provinces in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia. Siemens also will integrate its VPN@vantage virtual private network and its Switch Commander and Radio Commander network management tools to increase the capacity of the GSM network and allow intelligent data services.

Inner Mongolia MCC has more than 1.5 million customers. Its parent is the largest GSM mobile operator in the world, with more than 120 million subscribers.

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