10Meters News Service

July 11, 2001 – BT Cellnet, the UK arm of BT Wireless, has tapped Motorola's Global Telecom Solutions Sector to provide network infrastructure for its planned GSM expansion. The contract, which runs through March 2003, is valued at $150 million.

Motorola will provide a "versatile" range of its GSM base stations and related equipment. The company will also supply technical support services, including network optimization, hardware services and software maintenance.

The deal is a continuation of the Motorola-BT Cellnet link up that last year included a combined launch of the world's first corporate GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) service.