Airtel investment boost for Nortel Networks

NEWS Spanish wireless carrier Airtel is spending $100m on equipment from Nortel Networks in a bid to be the first European telco to roll out a UMTS network. Nortel will build Airtel's network using internet base stations for wide-area radio coverage and packet-based core networks. Airtel intends to offer UMTS services to business and residential customers in 23 major urban areas across Spain from August 2001.