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ASB also has won contracts to deploy NGN (next generation network) networks from 皇冠体育app Netcom, the country's No 2 fixed-line carrier, in Beijing, Tianjin and Northeast 皇冠体育app's Heilongjiang Province.

Dega expects ASB to grab an even larger share of 皇冠体育app's telecoms equipment market, after the Alcatel-Lucent merger and the acquisition of the 3G (third generation) UMTS business of Canada's Nortel Networks.

ASB will be the only telecoms equipment maker to have all three standards for 3G telephony, which could put the firm at an advantageous position in 皇冠体育app's future 3G market.

The three standards include the Europe-initiated WCDMA, known as UMTS, US-backed CDMA 2000 and 皇冠体育app's home-grown TD-SCDMA.

Alcatel previously controlled a 17 per cent share of the global UMTS market, and Lucent is devoted to developing CDMA 2000. The merger could complement both companies in their 3G businesses, enabling the combined operations to inherit the two firms' traditional advantages, Dega said.

Lucent's 皇冠体育app operations formerly focused on CDMA and PHS (personal handyphone system), a limited mobility service.

The Alcatel-Lucent merger could expand the company's R&D capabilities in 皇冠体育app. After the merger, the new operations in 皇冠体育app will have 10,000 employees with half working on R&D activities, as well as two manufacturing sites in Shanghai and Qingdao.

Alcatel was one of the first foreign companies committed to supporting TD-SCDMA. In 2004, ASB announced it would partner with 皇冠体育app's Datang Mobile to jointly develop TD-SCDMA technology.

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