Colombian mobile network, UNE says that it has awarded contracts to Huawei and Ericsson to deploy a LTE network.

Phase one of the network rollout was awarded to Huawei, and Ericsson will get phase two of the deployment.

According to a statement from the mobile network, the first phase will be for cities like Bogota, Medellin, Barranquilla and Cali. The network is expected to go live in the first quarter of 2012 in Medellín and Bogotá with the other cities later in the year.

See the Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM/Une Telecomunicaciones) record in Latin Target.

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