China's Huawei Technologies has emerged as the leading contender to bag a one bln usd mobile equipment contract from Reliance Communications Ltd.

That Reliance is procuring GSM/CDMA network equipment to install an additional 30 mln mobile lines in some 8,000 cities/towns across India.

Huawei has emerged as the frontrunner to win the contract ahead of competing bidders such as Ericsson and Nortel. Reliance Communications is in talks with leading equipment vendors for network expansion plans and are evaluating various options.

Source:佚名