Siemens deal with Pakistan

Published December 6, 2004

DUBAI, Dec 5: The Siemens Communications Mobile Networks announced on Sunday that it had won a $32 million contract to provide mobile telephone services in Pakistan.

"Providing scalable, tailor-made solutions to meet the needs of customers has positioned Siemens as the number one mobile service provider in Pakistan," said Soenke Peters, vice-president and head of Siemens Communications, Middle East, in a statement from its headquarters in Dubai.

The new deal between Ufone and Siemens Communications will help Ufone increase its subscriber base by 500,000 from its present 1.3 million subscribers. -AFP

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