New Delhi, Aug 24: Bharti Airtel has awarded Swedish telecom vendor Ericsson a one billion dollar (about Rs 4500 crore) contract extending over three years, to cover expansion and upgrade of its GSM, GPRs network as well as managed services to increase network capacity and services footprint.
The contract will enable Bharti Airtel rapidly expand its mobile services footprint further and reach out to all towns and cities in 15 telecom circles in the country. The three-year service contract with Ericsson is towards the design, planning, supply and installation commissioning of Airtel networks in these circles, a statement said.
Ericsson will also upgrade the network with mobile Softswitch (media gateway and MSC servers), the solution that paves the way to an all-IP network. Bharti Airtel will be able to reduce the operational costs and introduce new services in a cost-efficient way.
The scope of the agreement extends to 15 Airtel circles of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, UP (West), Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, UP (East), Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and North East.
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