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Nordic telecoms operator TeliaSonera will buy $150 million worth of equipment from Nokia Siemens Networks to expand services in Uzbekistan. The new equipment will help to expand Coscom's network and launch GPRS and EDGE data transmission technology in the Central Asian state in 2008. With this development, Coscom will cover all of Uzbekistan. The deal is a complete turnkey which includes, in addition to the network infrastructure system, also Delivery and Care Services as well as Consulting and Systems Integration. TeliaSonera controls the major stakes of Coscom - Uzbekistan's third-largest GSM operator. Coscom services 10 percent of Uzbekistan's 4.57 million mobile subscribers. The company is leader in serving Uzbekistan corporate segment, provides a well-established distribution network in main cities. Its main competitors, Russian cell phone operators Mobile TeleSystems and Vimpelcom control 50.1 and 35.6 percent of the country's telecom market respectively. Source: Reuters. 11/09/2007 Link to article: http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSL0971565620071109