Ooredoo Group has entered into agreement with Ericsson for the radio, core and transmission solutions, as well as related implementation and integration services as part of its efforts to improve network performance to meet growing end-user expectations.
The agreement also covers Ericsson’s Software model with its predefined software value packages, which ensures better performance and reduces time to market for new functionalities.
It also includes 2G, 3G and 4G radio equipment and indoor small cells solutions, apart from mobile soft switching and evolved packet core, ‘MINI-LINK’ microwave transmission equipment.
“This group frame agreement will allow us to benefit from Ericsson’s latest hardware, software and services. It will allow us to differentiate our end user offering and will give us the competitive edge that we need,” Ahmed al-Derbesti, chief operating officer, Ooredoo Group, said.
Rafiah Ibrahim, president of Ericsson, Region Middle East and Africa, said the region is witnessing a digital transformation fuelled by innovation of telecom services and solutions and a high demand on smart devices.
Highlighting that this transformation requires networks that can provide superior performance to cater for the data explosion, he said “from this end, our customers realised the need to transform their networks and today’s collaboration with Ooredoo Group is a testimonial of our continuous support to meet their ambitions of delivering best performing networks that can provide superior customer experience for their subscribers.”