Marconi eyes Malaysian firm

Mon, 15 Jan 2001 | Source: DPA

KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Italian telecommunications company Marconi Mobile is eying annual contracts worth between 200 and 500 million ringgit (US$50 and $130 million) from two Malaysian telcos, a news report said Saturday.

Marconi is now carrying out trials to enable the two locale telcos to extend their coverage of GSM networks to rural and semi-rurals areas, the Star daily said.

"We intend to become a serious mobile infrastructure network supplier in Malaysia and we have the necessary experience and expertise to do so," said visiting Marconi Mobile executive vice- president Sergio Troili.

Troili also said that Marconi was planning to make Malaysia the hub for its telecommunications services in the South-east Asian region.

He declined to name the two companies involved, explaining that they did not want to be identified yet.

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