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* Three-year contract to manage 2G and 3G networks, as well as field
Operations
* Ericsson becomes the largest managed services partner for Idea Cellular
* From one circle (or telecom service areas) to five circles
Idea Cellular, the leading mobile services operator in India with 100 million
subscribers, has signed an agreement for Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to provide it
with managed services in five circles: Mumbai, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh, North East, and Assam. Ericsson-s first managed services contract
with
Idea was signed in 2007 and the partnership between the two companies has now
been extended from one circle to five circles. Ericsson will focus on ensuring
better network availability and superior customer experience from Idea-s 2G
and
3G mobile networks.
As the IT and telecom industries increasingly overlap, opportunities arise for
operators to innovate and enter new business models and partnerships. To meet
these evolving needs among operators, Ericsson has been developing its ICT
competence at its Global Service Center (GSC) in India. This GSC, which is now
Ericsson-s largest network operation center in the world and has a huge talent
pool of more than 5,000 professionals covering all areas of our services
portfolio, will play a key role in managing Idea-s network. As part of the
agreement, about 70 Idea employees will join Ericsson India.
Himanshu Kapania, Managing Director, Idea Cellular, says: “Ericsson is our
preferred and largest partner in 2G and 3G operations and will now become our
largest managed services partner, too. Ericsson has unmatched global expertise
in managed services, with an impressive portfolio. We are confident that this
alliance will enable us to optimize our networks and deliver the best services
to our customers. This deal will allow us to focus on creating competitive,
attractive and appealing offerings for our consumers.”
Fredrik Jejdling, President and Head of Region India, Ericsson, says: “We aim
to
use our considerable resources in India to optimize Idea-s networks, thereby
ensuring the availability of superior quality services for their subscribers.
We
welcome the employees who are joining us from Idea. Today, managed services is
one of the fastest-growing areas in the telecom industry. With this
association,
we will gain valuable competence to help us build our services business
further.”
Under this three-year agreement, Ericsson will be responsible for managing
network and field operations, operation and maintenance activities for 2G and
3G sites, network design and planning, network performance improvement, and
program management for infrastructure.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Ericsson-s Managed Services offering
Ericsson has the telecom industry-s most comprehensive managed services
offering. It ranges from designing, building, operating and managing day-to-
day
operations of a customer-s network, including end-user services and business-
support systems, to hosting service-layer solutions and providing network
coverage and capacity on demand. As the undisputed leader in managed services,
Ericsson has officially announced more than 100 contracts for managed services
with operators worldwide since 2002. In all current managed services
contracts,
excluding hosting, Ericsson is managing networks that together serve more
than 900 million subscribers worldwide.
Ericsson services media kit
Press backgrounder: Ericsson services
Boost of Ericsson-s global ICT capabilities in India
Ericsson enables Idea-s Online Application Store
Ericsson signs three-year GSM expansion contract in India with IDEA Cellular
Ericsson to supply GSM network and managed services to Idea Cellular in
Mumbai,
India
Ericsson signs three-year GSM expansion contract in India with Idea Cellular
Ericsson to supply GSM network and managed services to Idea Cellular in
Mumbai,
India
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