Telecom equipment maker Ericsson has signed a deal to become the sole supplier of a new 3G mobile network to Finland's third-biggest telecoms group, Finnet, the firm said on Friday. Ericsson will deliver the first phase of the Finnish firm's 3G network as a turnkey solution this year and undertake extensions to the network in 2006 and 2007, it said in a statement.
The agreement also covered an extension and upgrade of Finnet's existing GSM, GPRS and EDGE network, it added. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.