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#284599 3-May-2021 16:49
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Just curious about the history of which vendor built each of the NZ Telco's networks


My understanding Ericsson built the first AMPS network for Telecom & Alcatel - Lucent (Nokia) built the XT Network - isn't Ericsson used for their new voice platform? 


Nokia built the 2G/3G Network for Vodafone


Huawei Built the 2Degress 2G/3G & 4G network - soon to be Ericsson for 5G 





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  #2701334 3-May-2021 18:29
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Vodafone use Nokia RAN for 2G 3G 4G & 5G

2degrees will use Ericsson for 3G 4G and 5G and it will be a mix with Huawei RAN unless they decide to go 100% Ericsson but I can't see this happening as the MoRAN sites are all Nokia along with RCG



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  #2701335 3-May-2021 18:32
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ALU was purchased by Nokia but that kit was swapped to Huawei

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  #2701340 3-May-2021 18:50
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Spark had WCDMA built by ALU however this was superseded with Huawei kit providing both 3G and 4G services. They had intended to continue using Huawei for 5G, however ran into significant headwinds from the government.

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/spark-nz-huawei-signs-mou-to-expand-mobile-coverage/
https://www.sparknz.co.nz/news/GCSB_declines_Spark_proposal_Huawei/




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  #2701459 3-May-2021 21:56
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So based on that, it might end up that 2Degrees becomes 100% Ericsson, Vodafone is already 100% Nokia, and Spark will be Nokia / Samsung once 5G is fully deployed?

 

 





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  #2701485 4-May-2021 06:37
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2d can't be 100% Ericsson cause of MoRAN with Vfnz

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