Huawei and BITE Group, an operator in Baltic countries, today jointly announced that the two companies have reached an agreement for Huawei to provide its SingleRAN@Broad solution and 4G-ready technologies for BITE to modernise its entire mobile network in Latvia.
According to the contract, Huawei will deploy a nationwide 2G/3G/4G mobile network for BITE, including core network and radio access network equipment as well as SingleRAN@Broad solution. The SingleRAN@Broad is a new solution unveiled by Huawei in 2010, which is said to have been developed to ‘break down the walls between different standards and technologies (2G/3G/4G)’. The first phase of the project will be completed at the end of 2010. Huawei says that BITE will not only have better network coverage in the entire country, but also environmentally-friendly infrastructure saving at least 30% of the power consumption and providing a much more efficient operation.
“We are pleased to work with BITE,” said James Chen, managing director of Huawei Nordic & Baltic, “It’s the first big footprint for Huawei in the Baltic countries. With industry leading 2G/3G/4G technologies as well as our abundant experience in network modernisation, we are confident we can provide BITE with a high-quality network, furthermore to improve user experience for BITE customers with future mobile broadband services, anywhere and anytime. We will also expand our office in Riga to better serve our customer and to reinforce Huawei’s local commitment.”
Fred Hrenchuk, CEO of Bite Group says: “This collaborative project will become the largest mobile communications network modernisation project in the Baltic telecommunications area, and will bring further benefits to our customers. This cooperation would also ensure a high quality network development for Bite in a record time, which is a strategic priority for the success of our company in Latvia. With the support of Huawei’s expertise and innovative technologies, we will continue our rapid development in order to provide our customers with the highest-quality services all over Latvia.”