Bharti Airtel, India’s top mobile phone carrier has inked a five-year pact with telecom equipment-maker Ericsson to provide managed services for Bharti Airtel's India operations for an undisclosed amount. Under the five-year, multi-vendor, multi-technology managed services agreement, Ericsson will operate, maintain and provide services across 15 of Bharti Airtel's networks in India.
In addition Ericsson will also take responsibility for the intelligent network that manages Bharti Airtel's pre-paid customer base. This deal will facilitate Airtel to focus on creating a compelling service proposition for customers as it looks at ramping up its market access for next generation services on 3G and 4G.
Under this agreement the 15 telecom circles includes Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh West and UP East, Rajasthan, the North Eastern states, Assam, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chennai and Kerala.
Earlier in July both these companies had inked a five-year managed services contract for the African operations of Bharti Airtel.
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