France-based telecommunication firm Alcatel-Lucent today said it has bagged a five-year contract worth about $150 million from Unitech Wireless, a telecom venture of real estate major Unitech, to support the launch of the company’s GSM mobile services.

According to the five-year contract, Alcatel Lucent would deploy GSM/EDGE networks for Unitech in the Kerala and Orissa circles, a company spokesperson said. Unitech Wireless, in which Norwegian telecom group Telenor has a majority stake, has licences to operate in all 22 circles in India.

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