Nokia Siemens Networks wins $870 mln deal with China Mobile

Nokia Siemens Networks wins $870 mln deal with China Mobile

Nokia Siemens Networks has won a network expansion contract worth 550 million euros (about 870 million U.S. dollars) from China Mobile, the Finnish-German networks company said Friday.

The contract includes designing, building, maintaining and optimizing the radio and core network for China Mobile, Nokia Siemens Networks said in a statement.

The solutions supplied by Nokia Siemens Networks will help China Mobile increase its network capacity and improve customer experience, while controlling capital and operating expenditure, the statement added.

Nokia Siemens Networks, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is an international telecom infrastructure company with operations in some 150 countries.

China Mobile, established in 2000, is one of the largest telecom carriers in Asia.