Nokia Siemens Gets Vodafone Hutchison Australia Network Deal

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Nokia Siemens Networks said Thursday that Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) is outsourcing its overall network operations and a key part of its equipment supply to Nokia Siemens.

 
   MAIN FACTS: 

-The seven-year agreement aims to improve services for its 7M customers and deliver operational efficiencies.

-The contract includes service management for a number of key parts of VHA's mobile network (core, transmission, and radio networks) and equipment supply for its core network.

-Nokia Siemens will combine two existing operations organisations and consolidate two core networks.

-The end-to-end approach to VHA's business includes domains such as valued added services, business support systems, and network operations. Nokia Siemens Networks will manage a number of VHA's third-party providers.

-Nokia Siemens Networks will provide its Flexi Network Gateway (Flexi NG) packet core platform to boost network capacity to efficiently handle the growing demand for high speed mobile data services from smart devices.

-As part of the consolidation, Nokia Siemens will expand the mobile softswitch (MSS) and home location register (HLR) - enabling VHA to evolve towards a single database for all its subscriber information.

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