GPTC in Libya awards over 120-million-dollar GSM/EDGE and WCDMA 3G deal to Nokia.(Libya)

Nokia has won a deal, valued at over US$120 million, to supply GSM/EDGE and WCDMA 3G network equipment to the Libyan General Post and Telecommunications Company (GPTC) for a new nationwide mobile network. This is Nokia's first network deal in Libya. Deliveries begin immediately.

Under the agreement, Nokia will be the main supplier of the operator's new core network, including packet core, as well as supplier of half of the radio network. Nokia's radio network will serve Tripoli and the western half of the country, providing coverage to over 60 percent of the GPTC's sub