China-based telecom network equipment maker Huawei Technologies has been awarded a contract by Vodafone to expand the latter’s Spanish 3G telecom network.

China-based telecom network equipment maker Huawei Technologies has been awarded a contract by Vodafone to expand the latter’s Spanish 3G telecom network. According to the contract, Huawei will be involved in Vodafone’s expansion of the high speed packet access (HSPA) network in seven major cities in Spain. Huawei has also reportedly signed a $700 million GSM expansion contract with China Mobile, according to which China Mobile has selected Huawei’s EnerG GSM solution (which includes a new-generation base station controller) to expand coverage in 30 provinces in China. The contract represents 23.6 per cent of China Mobile’s GSM group purchase project.