Leading global telecommunications company Nokia Siemens Networks
(NSN) announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with China
Mobile Group Beijing Ltd for the delivery of its first Flexi GSM
Base Station in China.
"It is our first sale of a Flexi GSM Base Station in China,
which will be delivered for the Olympic stadium, the Bird's Nest,"
head of Nokia Siemens Networks Greater China Region Zhang Zhiqiang
said. "We will make more such sales to the operators in the
future."
The Flexi GSM Base Station is acclaimed as the smallest and most
energy-efficient product on the market. According to Zhang, it
enables energy savings of up to 70 percent .
In a large metropolis' network with approximately 5,000 base
stations, it could save up to 73,000 tons of CO2 emissions.
"Flexi GSM Base Stations not only have positive environmental
impacts but also offer other benefits for operators," Mika
Vehvilainen, COO of NSN, said. "The cost doesn't vary much compared
with previous technologies, but it substantially cuts costs for
operators, because it reduces power consumption and cuts site costs
while using less space."
"A growing number of operators are not only looking at their
initial costs but also at the overall costs - how much it costs to
operate the network. So, we have several advantages in terms of the
overall cost of operating the network."
According to NSN, Flexi GSM Base Stations also create new
potential sites in previously non-viable locations. The technology
used in the bases makes it possible for operators to install them
in places where size and weight limits would make it impossible to
set up conventional base stations.
(China Daily November 22, 2007)