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Mannesmann Arcor has awarded Nortel Dasa, the German joint venture of Nortel Networks {NYSE/TSE: NT} and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG, a frame contract to supply a GSM for Railways digital wireless communications network.
Mannesmann Arcor will operate the network for Deutsche Bahn AG, Germany's national railway operator. Fully interoperable with GSM-R networks in other countries, the Mannesmann Arcor network will provide higher capacity, better quality and simplified logistics than existing analog radio systems currently in operation at Deutsche Bahn AG, enabling improvements, for instance, in the overall quality of service.
"We are looking forward to offering advanced telecommunications services to Germany's railway network," said Harald Stoeber, chairman of the board of the fixed-network telephone company Mannesmann Arcor. "We have confidence in Nortel Networks because they offer an end-to- end solution and have...