Bharti Airtel Awards Network Expansion Contract To Ericsson

Bharti Airtel Awards Network Expansion Contract To Ericsson

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading integrated telecom service provider, has awarded Ericsson an estimated USD 2 billion expansion contract, including expansion of its GSM/EDGE network and providing capacity management. The expansion is in line with Bharti Airtel’s objective to offer world-class and cost effective telecom products and services to its customers through a state of the art, converged network across the country. The deal will allow Bharti Airtel to expand its reach into rural areas thereby further consolidating its leadership position. This is one of Ericsson’s largest deals to date.

Under the two-year supply and services contract, Ericsson will design, plan, deploy, optimize and manage Bharti Airtel’s GSM network across 15 circles in India as well as for its pan-India prepaid (IN) platform across 23 circles. In addition, Ericsson will also deliver pan-India Integrated Device Management Solutions, enabling usage of advanced data services by all mobile customers across retail and enterprise segments.

Manoj Kohli, President & CEO, Bharti Airtel, says: “At Bharti, it has always been our endeavor to offer world-class products and services to our customers. Our partnership with Ericsson is testament to this belief as it allows us to focus on delivering a better customer experience leveraging Ericsson’s global expertise to enhance our networks.”

“ The state of the art network will further allow us to offer more innovative products and solutions in the areas of voice and data like community based charging, location based services and enterprise VPN services. Bharti and Ericsson is also looking at forming a focus group to work on energy optimization by way of introducing energy efficient equipments and alternate energy sources ” He added.

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