The mobile arm of Siemens AG–Siemens mobile–is expanding the GSM/GPRS network of China Mobile Communications Corporate Ltd. (China Mobile), in the Anhui Province, through an order worth US$41 million.

Siemens mobile is equipping the China Mobile network in Anhui with additional transmission and receiving systems (base stations) and switching technology. The expansion will increase the capacity of the network by more than a million subscribers. Work should be completed by the end of the year.