VOL. XLV

No 31

5-August-2002

TELECOMS

Algeria Shortlists Three Bidders For Wireless Fixed Telephone Network

AlgeriasPost and Information Technology Ministry has shortlistedthree bidders to equip Algerie Telecom with awireless fixed telephone network that will cover 42 provinces. NEC of Japan,P-Com of the US and ZTE Corp of China have each made bids in the region of$100mn, according to the ministry, for a system that will use CDMA spread spectrumtechnology. The 130,000-line network will comprise...