Saturday, August 25, 2012

Ericsson will upgrade LTE infrastructure for Telekom Austria

Telekom Austria has selected Ericsson for its multi-standard radio network and LTE.

Telekom Austria Group's decision to sign a multi-standard radio access network contract with Ericsson will benefit its 23 million customers in Austria and Croatia.

The operators will also benefit from having a flexible 2G/3G/4G RAN solution underpinned by RBS 6000 multi-standard base stations.

Hans Pichler, group chief technology officer, Telekom Austria Group, said its users always come first and that's why we're so committed to continue enhancing the customer experience for our subscribers.

With this contract, Ericsson maintains its leading position in LTE and mobile broadband, currently providing coverage for 305 million of the 455 million global LTE population.


Telekom Austria Group is currently operating in eight countries: Austria (A1), Slovenia (Si.mobil), Croatia (Vipnet), the Republic of Serbia (Vip mobile) and the Republic of Macedonia (Vip operator), Bulgaria (Mobiltel), Belarus (velcom) and Liechtenstein (mobilkom liechtenstein).

The total market of the eight countries covers approximately 41 million inhabitants. The Group has roughly 16,800 employees, revenues were EUR 4.45 billion as of year-end 2011.

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