Nokia selected to build and manage Mexico's shared network

Nieuws Mobiel Mexico 31 MAR 2017
Nokia selected to build and manage Mexico's shared network

Nokia has been awarded a major contract to help design, build and operate Mexico’s wholesale 4G shared network (Red Compartida) by Altan Redes, the consortium entrusted with providing wireless broadband nationwide to 92 percent of the country’s population. Describing the award as its largest-ever contract win by scale in Latin America, Nokia will provide 100 percent of the fully virtualised core network and 40 percent of RAN, IP backhaul, OSS and NOC. This will be deployed in five Mexican regions out of a total of nine, including Guadalajara and Monterrey, the country's second and third largest cities.

The project also includes a full-range of services that will allow Nokia to deliver a turnkey project, including site acquisition, construction, deployment, network integration, network planning and optimisation, master system integration, operation and maintenance and managed services. It also marks Nokia's first deployment of a 100 percent virtualised core network in Latin America.

The wholesale Shared Network project on the 700 MHz frequency band is a public-private international partnership led by the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) and the Office for the Promotion of Investments in Telecommunications (PROMTEL) in coordination with the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT). The project is set to generate a total investment of more than USD 7 billion over nine years, financed by international and local investors ranging from financial institutions and development institutions to industrial partners in Mexico.

The Altan consortium was awarded a 20-year concession to build and run the network and is committed to covering 30 percent of the population by 31 March 2018 and 92 percent by 2023. Under the terms of the public-private partnership, mobile operators will be able to rent space on the 4G network in exchange for cheap use of high quality spectrum in the 700 MHz band.

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Mobiel

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Nokia,  Altan

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Mexico

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Data services, Launch, Network equipment, Wholesale, 4G - LTE, Contract & orders

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