Wind Italy,  a subsidiary of Russia’s VimpelCom, has signed a contract with Huawei and Sirti to build the LTE network. Operator plans to invest Plan to invest € 1 billion for its LTE deployment in next five years.

According to Huawei, a significant part of the rollout of the network will be implemented through solutions made in Italy, such as next-generation microwave technologies developed in its R&D center of Milan. Huawei will work with Sirti for a rapid and efficient implementation of the network. 

In 2011, Wind had been awarded two blocks FDD (5+5 MHZ paired each) of spectrum in the 800MHz frequency range and four FDD (5+5 MHz paired) blocks in the 2,600MHz frequency range for a total consideration of €1,120 million.