Alcatel heeft vandaag bekend gemaakt dat zij een raamcontract heeft gesloten met Telekomunikacja Polska, de grootste telecom-operator in Polen. In het kader van dit raamcontract zal Alcatel het netwerk van Telekomunikacja Polska moderniseren, waarmee tegemoet gekomen wordt aan de groeiende vraag naar bandbreedte in Polen. Het contract heeft een waarde van 20 miljoen Euro.
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Network extension paves the way for broadband and new value-added services
Paris, October 22, 2002 - Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) announces that it has signed a frame agreement with Telekomunikacja Polska (TP), the largest telecom operator in Poland. Under the agreement, TP will purchase from Alcatel the full range of telecommunications equipment, including access, switching and transmission solutions to extend its network and to meet the growing demand for increased bandwidth and for new value-added services. The value of the contract amounts to Euro 20 million. The frame agreement builds upon the previous cooperation between both companies and confirms Alcatel’s position as key partner of Telekomunikacja Polska.
About Telekomunikacja Polska
Telekomunikacja Polska, the leading carrier in Poland, provides services to more than 10 million customers. The company is also the leader in data transmission, satellite communications, and Internet access. TP belongs to a Group of companies which includes also the Idea mobile network operator (PTK Centertel), a provider of modern Internet solutions (TP Internet), and an e-commerce platform (Marketplanet). The company is a part of France
Telecom, a worldwide telecommunication group. More information on
Telekomunikacja Polska is available from the company website at
www.telekomunikacja.pl.
About Alcatel
Alcatel designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive
communications networks, enabling carriers, service providers and
enterprises to deliver any type of content, such as voice, data and multimedia, to any type of consumer, anywhere in the world. Relying on its leading and comprehensive products and solutions portfolio, stretching from end-to-end optical infrastructures, fixed and mobile networks to broadband access, Alcatel's customers can focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of EURO 25 billion in 2001, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.
Voor nadere informatie:
Alcatel Telecom Nederland - Eva Fodor
T. 070-3079815
E. eva.fodor@alcatel.nl
Steijger.comm - Milaine de Roos
T. 036-5235330
E. milaine@steijger.com