14 DAY TRIAL // Nokia and Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS), one of Thailand's leading mobile phone service operators, have signed a deal worth over USD 55 million to expand AIS's GSM network in the Northern, Central and Southern regions of Thailand. The expansion will improve network coverage and capacity and enable AIS to boost service quality and offer innovative multimedia and convergence services.
Under the agreement, Nokia is supplying radio network expansion and Nokia Unified Core Network solutions, including IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), 3GPP Release 4 MSC Server and Nokia Presence solution.
The expansion is supported by Nokia's systems integration, implementation, optimization, project management and consulting services. Nokia has been working with AIS since the early 1990s, providing comprehensive services for the operator's GSM infrastructure. Nokia's complete, end-to-end IMS solution enables operators to offer IP-based multimedia services such as push to talk and Presence. The solution includes the Nokia IP Multimedia Subsystem solution and application servers, which are connected to the IMS via the open IMS Service Control (ISC) interface. Nokia has over 30 Nokia IMS references, including 10 commercial deals. The MSC Server System brings the operators improved efficiency by reducing the cost of building and operating mobile networks.
"AIS continues to dominate Thailand's mobile services despite the challenges posed by the price competition in the market", says Ms. Arpattra Sringkarrinkul, Executive Vice President.