25 September, 2004: Under a contract valued at US$125mn Pakistani operator Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (PTML) is to buy Nortel Networks equipment for the expansion of its Ufone GSM/GPRS network over the next year. Nortel will upgrade Ufone’s existing wireless systems and supply new GSM/GPRS core network and radio access equipment, including Mobile Switching Center , Home Location Register (HLR) and Base Transceiver Stations (BTS).

A key component of the Ufone expansion will be Nortel Networks BTS 12000, designed to deliver additional capacity within a GSM/GPRS network while positioning operators to drive lower costs and to offer advanced wireless services based on EDGE technology. The expansion will also include Nortel Networks Passport Packet Voice Gateway (PVG) for migration of TDM voice trunking to a packet-based infrastructure.

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