At the end of last year, it emerged that the operator had awarded contracts to European companies Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia, which were estimated to be worth approximately $160 million.
This latest award represents 40% of China Mobile’s 4G contracts, and services are scheduled to begin later this year.
The company said it would award half of its contracts for 4G build-out to domestic equipment vendors in October, but confirmed that international vendors will also be involved.
The estimate value of the overall contract for 4G is $3.2 billion.
