China Chooses Nortel for Tibet Railway
Posted on: Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 09:00 CST
SHANGHAI, China - Canadian telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp. said Wednesday that China's Railways Ministry has chosen it to provide a digital wireless communications network on the world's highest rail service, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
The decision followed a yearlong trial of Nortel's GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) for Railways technology in China at altitudes of up to 15,700 feet above sea level, Nortel said in a statement.
The 700 mile railway, which traverses a frozen plateau, will use Nortel's digital network technology to transmit safety data as well as to support communications, the statement said.
The 27 billion yuan ($3.3 billion) railway, due for completion in 2007, is meant to bind restive Tibet more closely to China by raising living standards in the Himalayan territory, one of the country's poorest areas.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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