SIEMENS (SA) announced on Thursday that it has been awarded a $15-million GSM supply contract by Zamcell, the third cellular network to operate in Zambia. Zamcell was launched in December 1998. In terms of the turnkey contract, Siemens provided the equipment for the network, which was installed in time for the first commercial trials which began in November. Siemens will now extend the network in three phases to cover most of the major towns. The company will give on-the-job training to the Zamcell staff for a two-year period, after which it will provide high-level support from its offices in Pretoria.