Nokia will provide installation, commissioning and technical support to CSL. Deliveries will start in June 2006, and the system will be operational by the end of this year. The agreement extends the two companies cooperation, which began in 1991 when Nokia became the first GSM supplier to CSL. Nokia has supplied GSM and WCDMA core and radio network equipment to CSL. The mobile softswitch for CSL highlights Nokias leadership in mobile softswitch deployment in China. To date, Nokia MSC Server System capacity of more than 20 million lines has been put into operation in the Chinese market. Mobile softswitching and IMS are the main elements in converging networks. With over 90 customers for the MSC Server, Nokia has delivered the majority of the worlds commercial 3GPP-compliant mobile softswitches, accounting for over 75% of Nokias switch deliveries. Nokia is also the front-runner in IMS for fixed and mobile networks, with over 80 references for IMS solutions, such as Push to talk over Cellular and video sharing.
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