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Ericsson Chennai centre to focus on services

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Ties up with Bharti to manage networks

STRENGTHENING MANAGED SERVICES: Carl-Henric Svanberg (left), CEO, Ericsson, and Mats Granryd, Managing Director, Ericsson India, at a press conference in Mumbai on Monday. — Photo: PTI

MUMBAI: Ericsson, the Swedish telecom equipment supplier will be setting up an R&D centre in Chennai. The company's investment in the facility will run into millions of dollars.

Addressing the media, Carl-Henric Svanberg, Ericsson Worldwide CEO, said the R&D centre in Chennai would carry out R&D in cutting edge areas such as service layer and value added services.

A part of the investment would be used for setting up a global services delivery centre (GSDC) to strengthen the Ericsson's managed services segment under which the company managed networks of service providers. The GSDC includes a systems integration competence centre, a product customisation centre, a regional network operating centre and Ericsson Mobility World Centre in India. Ericsson had entered into a contract with Bharti to manage its networks across various circles in terms of expansion of network along with demand and maintenance.

The company's existing radio base station (RBS) manufacturing facility in Rajasthan had now been upgraded to manufacture mobile switching centre (MSC) and base station controllers to further support the Indian market, said Mr. Svanberg. This local manufacturing facility would ease transfer of technology and help Indian operators offer first-class quality with cost efficient solutions.

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