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Aircel to launch GSM in North India in April

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Residents of Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan states will soon have access to GSM services from Aircel, the Indian subsidiary of Malaysia’s Maxis Group.

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As part of growing its pan-Indian presence, Aircel is expected to roll out services in these three circles in April and has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to supply the GSM network and manage it for four years, Aircel said in a statement.

“At Aircel, we have set ourselves ambitious goals to become not only a strong nationwide service provider, but also the operator of choice for millions of Indian subscribers with our proposition of high-quality services,” said Gurdeep Singh, COO - Aircel.

“With Nokia Siemens Networks as our partner, we have launched networks in record time while delivering superior service quality and end-user experience to our customers. We are confident that the company will help us efficiently realize our targets yet again,” Singh added.

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“Aircel focuses not only on extending its offerings to many more users in the country, but also on providing them unmatched voice, data and value-added services,” said Urs Pennanen, head of the Indian region at Nokia Siemens Networks.

As part of the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will supply the radio, core and microwave network equipment and roll it out quickly and cost efficiently. Its offerings will not only help Aircel reduce its network’s carbon footprint, but also prepare it to launch 3G services in the future, the statement said.

Nokia Siemens Networks will deliver and implement its Flexi EDGE Base Station and IP-ready FlexiHybrid Microwave radio products, as well as its mobile softswitch core network, and NetAct network management system and NetViewer element manager to help Aircel monitor, manage and optimize the network.

Aircel will benefit from a faster time-to-market and enhanced network performance with Nokia Siemens Networks’ implementation and care services. In addition, under a managed services contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will operate the network in these three circles for four years, it added.

Nokia Siemens Networks has earlier supplied a GSM network and related services to Aircel for the cities of Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, and is the number one provider of managed services in India.

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