Ericsson today announced its telecom network managed services deal with Telenor Myanmar.
The company did not announce the financial details of the 5-year contract for multivendor managed services.
The managed services deal is a new contract for Ericsson. Late last year, Telenor also awarded Ericsson with a frame agreement to supply radio-access network (RAN) and associated services for a significant portion of Telenor network in the country.
Telenor earlier said it will invest less than $2 billion in building its telecoms operation in Myanmar. Telenor network in Myanmar is expected to cover 90 percent of the country’s population of more than 60 million in five years.
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It will be a multi-standard network comprising 2G and 3G to provide customers with both voice and data connectivity. Ericsson’s multi-standard network solution will be used in the deployment, along with 2G and 3G equipment that can be upgraded for future requirements.
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Ericsson said the multi-standard network combines GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA, LTE, IP-based transport systems and its common Operations Support Systems in a fully optimized RAN. This provides flexibility for the network to be tailored to the traffic profile in different parts of the country, and to integrate new spectrum bands as they become available.
Petter Furberg, CEO of Telenor Myanmar, said: “We are pleased to add Ericsson to the group of global partners we will be working with as we develop the Telenor Myanmar telecommunications network.”
In 2012, Ericsson commissioned a study to assess the potential economic impact of mobile communications in Myanmar. The study estimates that the total economic impact of the mobile sector in the country will be between 1.5 and 9 percent of GDP over the first three years after licenses are issued.
The potential impact of mobile communications on employment was also assessed. It is estimated that the mobile communications industry will employ approximately 66,000 full time employees in Myanmar, with an additional 24,000 full time jobs estimated to be created in the wider economy as a result of interactions with mobile network operators.
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