VIVO selected Nortel Networks to expand and upgrade its CDMA 2000 1X network in Brazil’s Northern, Southern and West-Central regions and the states of Bahia and Maranhao in the Northeast. Nortel Networks solutions for VIVO will include a switching platform that offers an evolution to an all-IP multiservice packet network architecture; radio base stations; and base station controllers. Nortel Networks’ Compact Metro Cell 3G base station will also be deployed. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.nortelnetworks.com