Ericsson and MásMóvil to sign strategic agreement for core network evolution and managed services
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Meinrad Spenger, CEO of MASMOVIL and José Antonio López, Head of Ericsson Spain,
During the signing of the agreement.
* Includes core network evolution based on NFV, enterprise billing, managed
and systems support services, and deployment, installation and maintenance
of fiber to the home
* Enhances MASMOVIL's ability to provide innovative and flexible service
bundles and billing to enterprises, as it brings state-of-the-art technology
to their network
* Ericsson will also provide rollout, installation and maintenance services
related to MASMOVIL's FTTH network.
Madrid, June 8, 2017.- MASMOVIL, fourth-largest Spanish operator, has selected
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to provide a wide array of solutions and services,
including core network evolution based on Network Functions Virtualization
(NFV), enterprise billing, managed and systems support services, and deployment,
installation and maintenance of fiber to the home (FTTH).
Through this agreement, MASMOVIL subscribers gain access to an improved
consolidated network and new services such as Voice over LTE, Wi-Fi calling and
fixed VoIP for residential and enterprise use. The unified management of the
mobile network and the integration of technology by a single vendor will enable
top quality standards for Spanish users.
Meinrad Spenger, CEO of MASMOVIL, says: "The strategic agreement with Ericsson
is a clear demonstration of our investment character to continue improving and
updating our fixed and mobile networks with the unique objective of offering our
customers the best telecommunications products and services."
José Antonio López, Head of Ericsson Spain, says: "In addition to introducing a
range of new services for home customers, this agreement makes it possible for
MÁSMÓVIL to provide innovative and flexible service bundles and billing to
enterprises. The support services and managed services portions of the contract
will ensure that services are delivered with the utmost quality, according to
agreed key performance indicators."
The solutions in scope for core network evolution include Subscriber Data
Management, Policy Control and Charging Rules Function, a complete virtual IP
Multimedia Subsystem for mobile, fixed and enterprise communication services,
Wi-Fi Mobility Gateway for Wi-Fi calling, and Diameter Signaling Controller.
MASMOVIL's enterprise billing capabilities will be enhanced with the provision
of a new, unified B2B billing system.
MASMOVIL has extended its existing managed and systems support services
contracts until the end of 2019, and has the option of extending their scope to
include its fixed network.
FTTH deployment, installation and maintenance services from Ericsson will
increase MASMOVIL's ability to continue offering a convergent fixed-mobile
competitive offering to the Spanish market.
All of the solutions and services being provided are best-in-class and proven in
deployments worldwide, enabling MASMOVIL to benefit from Ericsson's extensive
experience and gain access to innovative new features as they are introduced to
market.
This new agreement with Ericsson joins those already extended with the main
infrastructure providers operating in Spain, such as Huawei and ZTE, and
demonstrate MASMOVIL's capabilities to achieve important alliances in the
country.
About MÁSMÓVIL Group
MÁSMÓVIL Group is the fourth largest converging telecommunications operator with
their own fixed and mobile infrastructures in the Spanish market- Through their
brands Yoigo, Pepephone, MÁSMÓVIL and Llamaya, the company provides universal
services - fixed, mobile, ADSL, fiber, datacenter and value added services - to
multiple segments such as residential, business and mobile network operators. In
2016, the company reached almost 4,4M clients.
MÁSMÓVIL Empresas is the business unit of MASMOVIL Group dedicated to fulfill
telecoms needs of all types and sizes companies. The business unit is oriented
to offer IT solutions and cloud services to companies starting their own journey
as well as to large corporations with several headquarters.
For more information
Mario Paradinas / Isabel Hernández
KETCHUM
mario.paradinas(at)ketchum.com/ isabel.hernandez(at)ketchum.com
Teléfono: (+34) 91 788 32 00
Signing of the agreement (photo):
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Press release (PDF):
http://hugin.info/174274/R/2111822/803120.pdf
Signing of the agreement (photo):
http://hugin.info/174274/R/2111822/803121.jpg
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Source: GRUPO MASMOVIL via GlobeNewswire
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Datum: 08.06.2017 - 14:54 Uhr
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