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Nokia Siemens Networks said Thursday that Vodafone Hutchison
Australia (VHA) is outsourcing its overall network operations and a
key part of its equipment supply to Nokia Siemens.
MAIN FACTS:
-The seven-year agreement aims to improve services for its 7M
customers and deliver operational efficiencies.
-The contract includes service management for a number of key
parts of VHA's mobile network (core, transmission, and radio
networks) and equipment supply for its core network.
-Nokia Siemens will combine two existing operations
organisations and consolidate two core networks.
-The end-to-end approach to VHA's business includes domains such
as valued added services, business support systems, and network
operations. Nokia Siemens Networks will manage a number of VHA's
third-party providers.
-Nokia Siemens Networks will provide its Flexi Network Gateway
(Flexi NG) packet core platform to boost network capacity to
efficiently handle the growing demand for high speed mobile data
services from smart devices.
-As part of the consolidation, Nokia Siemens will expand the
mobile softswitch (MSS) and home location register (HLR) - enabling
VHA to evolve towards a single database for all its subscriber
information.
-By Stockholm Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +46-8-5451-3090;
djnews.stockholm@dowjones.com