Japanese telecommunication operator KDDI Corporation said it has awarded contracts to Motorola Inc and NEC Corp., to deploy base stations and other equipments for its next generation mobile network.

As a part of the deal, the two companies will supply base stations and network gear for the carrier’s high-speed wireless network.

The network, which will be build using Long Term Evolution technology, will be at an investment of about 500 billion yen ($5.30 billion) and will be operational in December 2012.

KDDI rose 1 percent to 519,000 yen as of the 11 a.m. trading break on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, while NEC added 0.3 percent to 323 yen.