Ericsson wins contract from Telenor in Myanmar

Ericsson was awarded a 5-year contract for multivendor managed services to support Telenor's nationwide network rollout in Myanmar. Late in 2013, Telenor also awarded Ericsson with a frame agreement to supply radio-access network (RAN) and associated services for a significant portion of Telenor's network in the country. Telenor's network in Myanmar is expected to cover 90 percent of the country's population of more than 60 million in five years. It will be a multi-standard network comprising 2G and 3G to provide customers with both voice and high-speed data connectivity. Ericsson's multi-standard network platform will be used in the deployment, along with 2G and 3G equipment that can be upgraded for future requirements.

With the multi-standard network platform, Ericsson enables operators to minimise the costs of operating a RAN. The multi-standard network combines GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA, LTE, IP-based transport systems and its common Operations Support Systems in a fully optimised 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. In preparation for the network deployment, Ericsson announced that local hiring will continue over the next few months, and that investments in training and development have taken place over recent months for those already on board. In addition, Ericsson will be drawing on specialist expertise from similar deployments elsewhere in the world.