"Nokia is well known as the leader in the telecommunication world.
DCC/Astelit has chosen Nokia as a partner to build its GSM network in
Ukraine, based first of all on our trust in the company's name and our
recognition of the quality of its equipment," said Valeriy Grigorievich
Stepanenko, Chairman of the Supervision Board, CJSC "Digital Cellular
Communication of Ukraine".

    "We are proud to provide DCC/Astelit with a GSM/EDGE BSS solution to quickly achieve high quality network coverage in Ukraine. There is a large untapped market to be addressed in this country, one of the fastest growing markets of the region, and we look forward to working with DCC/Astelit for quick and smooth rollout towards successful service launch," says Jaakko MyllymC$ki, Vice President, Networks, Nokia.
 

    Under the agreement Nokia will supply its complete GSM/EDGE base stationsubsystem, which can be smoothly upgraded to 3G WCDMA. In addition Nokia will provide turnkey implementation of the network, including site acquisition, civil works, network planning, implementation and project management for fast quality ramp-up of the solution.
 

    Nokia is also providing its operations start-up package to support
DCC/Astelit in starting and developing its operations competencies and
procedures for the network for the first six months. Nokia Care services,
including software maintenance, emergency support and hardware services as well as training will help keep the network running at peak performance.
 

    Nokia can draw on its over 15-year track record of implementing and
operating networks and its extensive practical experience of implementing mobile services for operators. Nokia has contracted operating services for 20 operators globally, in addition to providing full turnkey implementations fora total of 25 customers in 21 countries.