Jun. 29, 2009 (China Knowledge) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a major telecom equipment vendor in China, announced on Friday that it has won a contract from Finland's TeliaSonera AB to deploy Europe's first GSM/UMTS converged network based on Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology.

Under the contract, Huawei will deploy its SingleRAN solution which will allow TeliaSonera to simultaneously provide its subscribers in Finland with high-quality GSM and UMTS services using the same 900 MHz spectrum.

Huawei will also upgrade TeliaSonera's existing GSM network with SDR-enabled base stations and additional equipment including radio network controllers, base station controllers and operating support systems.

TeliaSonera expects Huawei's SingleRAN solution to help it achieve its goal of providing an up-to-date mobile broadband experience for its customers and to support the fixed-to-mobile migration in rural areas of Finland.

Huawei this year aims to maintain steady growth and to sign US$ 30 billion worth of contracts as compared to US$ 23 billion in 2008. Its net profit grew 20% to US$ 1.15 billion in 2008 from US$ 956.9 million a year earlier.