WCA July 2009

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India’s Unitech Wireless selects Alcatel-Lucent

“We look forward to launching our services in Kerala and Orissa, to meet the growing demand for mobile services in India. We are confident that its solution and local services capabilities makes Alcatel-Lucent a good choice,” said Rohit Chandra, COO Unitech Wireless The project underlines Alcatel-Lucent’s strong presence in the Indian mobile networking market.

platform and TWIN transceivers, along with a next-generation network (NGN) mobile core network. The company will build out Unitech Wireless’ network and provide operations management under contract. As part of the contract Alcatel-Lucent will offer a range of services including project management, network design, integration, testing, installation, maintenance, multi-vendor radio network planning and optimisation and network management.

Nexans has been awarded a €12 million contract by the Norwegian groups StatoilHydro ASA and Statkraft for the supply of 81km of infield cables and equipment for the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. This major contract follows a €24 million contract awarded in 2008 for the power export cables for the same wind farm project, located around 20km offshore from the north Norfolk coastal town of Sheringham, England. The infield cable contract comprises the design, manufacture and supply of 81km of 36kV XLPE sub- marine power cable, including 3x1x185mm 2 and 3x1x400mm 2 designs. They are due for delivery from Nexans’ submarine cable factory in Halden, Norway in June 2010 and will incorporate optical fibres manufactured at Nexans’ factory in Rognan, Norway. Total generation capacity will be 315 MW and in an average year approximately 1.1TWh of power will be exported to the mainland by the two submarine power cables that will connect to onshore export cables. Completion and commissioning of the wind farm is scheduled for the third quarter of 2011. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com €12 million infield cable contract Alcatel-Lucent will design, deploy and maintain its multi-standard GSM/ EDGE radio access solution including its latest Base Station Controller Alcatel-Lucent has announced its selection by India’s Unitech Wireless to support the initial launch of the company’s GSM/EDGE mobile service offering. Alcatel Lucent will deploy turn-key GSM/EDGE networks in Kerala and Orissa circles.

Alcatel-Lucent – France Website : www.alcatel-lucent.com

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