Alcatel-Lucent bags $400 mln order from RCom

New Delhi, July 11 (UNI) Communication solutions provider, Alcatel-Lucent today said it received an IP-based next generation, CDMA and GSM contract worth 400 million dollars from Reliance Communications (RCom).

Under the contract, Reliance Communication will expand its wireless network to more than 20,000 towns and 6,00,000 villages.

''In our endeavour to build a best-in-class infrastructure in the country, offering better overall performance and a higher quality of service to many million Indians, our wireless network will cater to customers across 20,000 towns and 6,00,000 villages upon completion of the current phase of expansion,'' Reliance Communication Chairman Anil Ambani said in a statement.

''The expansion of our wireless CDMA and GSM network will further enhance our competitive edge in effectively participating in the achievement of our national teledensity targets of 500 million by 2010, thereby contributing to economic growth,'' he added.

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