China's Zhejiang Unicom Selects ECI Telecom to Expand Its Mobile Network

18 December 2007

ECI Telecom, has signed an agreement with Zhejiang Unicom, one of China Unicom's largest subsidiary, to expand its mobile network. This multi-million dollar contract marks another milestone in the long-term relationship of the two companies, who have been working together for several years.

Zhejiang is one of China’s fastest growing provinces. Zhejiang Unicom's subscriber base of over ten million users demand increasing amounts of bandwidth. By upgrading and expanding its GSM/CDMA network, Zhejiang Unicom will be able to optimize coverage, provide greater capacity and provision new data services, as well as add new subscribers.

“Having worked with ECI for many years, we have established a very good relationship with them and we place great trust in the Company and its equipment,” said Mr Yongjiong Su, Senior Manager of Zhejiang Unicom’s Network Department. “ECI’s solutions have proven to be the most reliable, stable and future proof, enabling us to easily upgrade and provide customers with a migration path to new and advanced cellular services. Along with the state-of-the-art technology, ECI has provided us with outstanding customer support throughout our fruitful relationship.”

“Zhejiang Unicom is a world leader in providing cellular services to millions of subscribers, and we are pleased to be its number one optical vendor and one of China Unicom’s top three suppliers,” said Aviel Tenenbaum, President of ECI Telecom’s Asia Pacific Regional Business Unit. “We look forward to continuing to play such an active role in the amazing growth of the Chinese wireless backhaul market."