Telkom Kenya has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ericsson and NEC XON to boost the operator’s network with an additional 2000 wireless sites by 2023. The agreement is worth around US$100 million, and forms part of the expansion strategy announced by Telkom Kenya in August 2020. The operator’s CEO Mugo Kibati said that [...]
Iraqi operator Asiacell has announced that it is extending its strategic partnership with Ericsson to enhance and improve its LTE services in the country. The partners state that the ongoing project will see Ericsson modernise and expand Asiacell’s LTE network and supply Asiacell with the latest radio access network (RAN) equipment from the Ericsson Radio [...]
Telecom Egypt has rolled out its 4G voice calls service with VoLTE technology in the Egyptian telecom market. The launch was possible with the collaboration of Ericsson, as well as Nokia and Huawei on other networks. This provides customers with a high quality of voice calls and allow them to make calls and use data [...]
La compañía de telecomunicaciones Millicom, cuyas operaciones en América Latina se conocen bajo la marca ‘Tigo’, anunció este jueves 8 de julio una inversión de USD 135 millones durante los próximos dos a tres años, con el objetivo de actualizar su red móvil en partnership con la multinacional sueca Ericsson, en los mercados de Bolivia, [...]
Telecommunications company Millicom, whose operations in Latin America are branded as ‘Tigo’, has announced this last Thursday, July 8th, a USD 135 million investment over the next two / three years, with the aim of updating its mobile network in Bolivia, Honduras and Paraguay, in partnership with the Swedish multinational company Ericsson. ‘The Covid-19 pandemic [...]
Zain Bahrain has selected Ericsson to expand its 4G and 5G coverage as well as introduce 5G low-band (sub-6GHz FDD) and mid-band (sub-6GHz TDD) Carrier Aggregation to extend its 5G coverage, network capacity, and provide an enhanced user experience with increased data speeds. Zain Bahrain is continuously evolving and expanding its 5G network using latest [...]
UAE-based telecom group Etisalat has partnered with Ericsson to deploy 5G millimetre wave across its commercial network. The 5G high-band commercial deployment will help to reach high performance 5G downlink data speeds of 4.2Gbps and latency of 8 milliseconds. Etisalat has built a 5G network infrastructure that can offer enhanced performance, including ultra-high speeds and [...]
Unitel and Ericsson have signed a three-year partnership across Angola for supplying Radio System solutions. The Radio & 5G core expansions will enable Unitel to meet increasing data demands of customers on the Angolan market. The agreement sees the expansion of Ericsson’s Packet Core and User Data Consolidation network and readiness for 5G non-standalone services. [...]
The Ooredoo Group has sealed the acquisition of fifth-generation (5G) equipment from Swedish telecoms supplier Ericsson. The five-year agreement includes the supply of 5G radio, core and transport products and solutions, as well as related implementation and integration services. The products and services will be launched across the ten Ooredoo operating companies in Qatar, Indonesia, Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, [...]
Omantel has chosen Ericsson to sustain the ongoing 5G radio access network (RAN) expansion plans in a multi-year partnership in Oman. Ericsson will assist Omantel’s commercial 5G expansion at key locations across Oman, including Salalah, Nizwa and Sur. Ericsson technology will allow Omantel to extend coverage while at the same time will be providing a [...]