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Nortel wins Algerian GSM-R contracts |
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 |
Nortel has been selected to provide wireless communications with its GSM-R technology for two new railway lines in
Algeria. GSM-R is expected to enable the Algerian railway infrastructure agency, Agence Nationale d'Etudes et de Suivi de la Réalisation des Investissements Ferroviaires (ANESRIF) to improve safety and increase average train speeds to reduce travel times while reducing operational costs. Nortel's technology will also help increase network interoperability and support new voice applications running over the GSM-R network such as railway emergency and group conference calls. ANESRIF is managing the modernization of the Algerian railway system, including the construction of new railway lines, signaling systems and other railway equipment. The introduction of GSM-R on the two new railway lines at Tabia-Mecheria and Bordj Bouarreridj - M'Sila will extend the first GSM-R network awarded to Nortel in 2006 for the El Gourzi-Touggourt line in
Eastern Algeria. The new lines are managed by
Algeria's SNTF (Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviares), the first African railway operator to adopt the GSM-R standard. Nortel's GSM-R solution is interoperable and highly flexible, supporting signaling systems from different vendors already deployed along the Algerian rail network. This new Nortel deployment includes integrating the GSM-R radio system to ANESRIF's core network, GSM-R terminals such as handhelds and cab radios, as well as related telecom services for the railway lines.
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