Cosmo Bulgaria (GloBul), the country’s second-largest cellco in terms of subscribers, has awarded a contract to China-based equipment vendor Huawei Technologies for its upcoming network upgrade project, scheduled to be completed by the first half of 2015, TeleGeography reports.

According to a joint press release, Huawei will upgrade the operator’s 2G and 3G networks, replace and improve GloBul’s access, core and backbone transport five-year investment cycle and an eight-year maintenance period, although no financial terms have been disclosed.

Stein-Erik Vellan, CEO of GloBul, said: ‘At GloBul, we are excited with the commencement of this major project. In partnership with Huawei and their advanced technology and expertise, we will be able to build a reliable, high-capacity, 4G-ready network which will enable us to offer our customers cutting-edge technology and the best mobile data and voice service.’