Finland-based Nokia has signed a managed services contract with Telenor and Telia to manage their joint mobile radio network in Denmark.
The managed services agreement will allow Telia and Telenor to offer better coverage and more capacity to customers on the largest mobile network in Denmark.
Nokia does not share financial details of the managed services deal. Igor Leprince, president of Global Services, Nokia, was instrumental in signing the agreement. Ericsson, Huawei and ZTE are also active in managed services business.
Nokia said it will take over all operational and development tasks of Telia and Telenor’s radio access network in October 2017, and provide network planning and optimization, network implementation, and network operations for the network that consists of more than 4,000 mobile sites.
“The combination of Telia and Telenor’s network has been a historic business. We have a world-class mobile network, and this step to have Nokia manage it for us will ensure we also have the best network in five or ten years,” said Henrik Kofod, CTO of Telia Denmark.
“We have reached a point where we need to take the TT network to a new level, and Nokia will help us do that. They have the necessary expertise, capacity and know-how in the area that will ensure the most optimal operation and making our network ready for the future,” said Peter Nodbak, network director of Telenor Denmark.
