7 October, 2004: Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has signed a E200mn deal with Nokia to expand its GSM/EDGE and GPRS network in North India . Nokia will deploy four million lines across towns, cities, villages and all major state and national highways in the States of Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Uttaranchal, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh (both east and west circles), Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan.

As a part of the agreement that can be extended further, Nokia will supply both core and GSM/EDGE and GPRS radio network equipment, including Base Station Subsystems, Switching Subsystems, Intelligent Network, GPRS Core Network, Short Message Service System, Multimedia Messaging center expansion and Nokia Download Solution. Nokia 5140 handsets are also included.
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