Vodafone India announced on Thursday that it has selected Ericsson to
manage its optical fibre cable network in 10 telecom circles for three
years.
The new agreement covers operations and maintenance of its
optical fibre network across east and west India, spanning a distance of
approximately 45,000 kilometers, Vodafone said in a statement.
"We
have selected Ericsson as a partner to manage our optical fiber cable
network given Ericsson's strength and experience in managing
multi-vendor, multi-technology networks for operators globally and in
India. This agreement will give Vodafone the benefit of Ericsson's
expertise in this area," the statement quoted Vodafone's chief
technology officer Vishant Vora as saying.
Ericsson's India region
head Paolo Colella said that this "managed services agreement in India
strengthens that partnership in a very important market and complements
our collaborations in other parts of the world".
"At Ericsson, we
continue to invest in tools, methods and processes in order to help our
customers increase their network efficiency while delivering
world-class subscriber experiences," he added.
Ericsson provides
managed services for networks that together serve more than 1 billion
subscribers worldwide. With the addition of Vodafone's network, Ericsson
will manage a total of 2,225,000 kilometers of fibre and strengthen its
existing fibre operations in India.
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