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[November 23, 2006]

NOKIA GETS $400-MILLION CONTRACT (from Bharti Airtel)

(India Business Insight Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Nokia has received a $400-million 3-year contract from Bharti Airtel Ltd.

Under the contract Nokia will expand Bharti's managed GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks in 8 Airtel circles and deploy a wireless application protocol (WAP) solution across all its networks in India.

The contract will cover all towns and cities in 8 telecommunication circles of Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Bihar (including Jharkhand), Orissa, Kolkata, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh).

Nokia will carry out the network monitoring operations from its Global Network Services Centre in Chennai.

Copyright 2006 Silverline Information Systems Pvt. Ltd. Source : Financial Times Information Limited

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