Huawei has bagged a five-year contract from Vodafone Plc to expand its single radio access network. The global contract has been awarded under the operator's 'Project Spring' Phase 1 programme.

Huawei will be responsible for delivering a number of network enhancement projects, including both products and services, for Vodafone Plc's radio access networks in 15 countries including the United kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Romania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho, Congo and Ghana.

Following the completion of the project, Vodafone Plc will be able to support wireless communications services on a single network infrastructure under multiple mobile communications standards (2G, 3G and long term evolution).