Citation
(2000), "Soon to be in touch", Work Study, Vol. 49 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ws.2000.07949aab.008
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2000, MCB UP Limited
Soon to be in touch
Soon to be in touch
Canbra (formed by Bell Canada International, 34.4 percent; US-based VeloCom Inc., formerly WLL International, 34.4 percent; QUALCOMM, 16.2 percent; Argentina-based Grupo Liberman, 12.5 percent; and Taquari Participaes from Brazil, 2.5 percent) has awarded Nortel Networks a five-year contract worth an estimated $500 million, for a unified networks solution that will deliver advanced data and telephony services in Rio de Janeiro and 15 other east coast and northern states in Brazil. Nortel Networks will design and build a turnkey network solution for Canbra, including Nortel Networks Proximity II and cdmaOne fixed wireless access equipment, digital switching systems, optical Internet solutions, PBX and call centre equipment. Deployment begins immediately in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and Bahia, followed by deployment in the other 13 states of Canbra's region. Canbra was awarded a "mirror company" (alternative) licence to compete with Telemar, one of the companies formed as a result of the privatisation of the former Telebras system. On completion, the Canbra network will reach 51 municipalities in an area with a combined population of more than 87 million people – and approximately five million square kilometers (3.1 million square miles), roughly half the size of continental USA. Nortel Networks' wireless solutions will cover more than 84 percent of Brazil's territory.