New managed services deal for Romanian network
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - * Romania's largest wireline operator Romtelecom outsources field operations activities* Five-year managed services contract to boost efficiency, save costs* About 400 staff to join Ericsson from January 4, 2010Romtelecom will be able to focus on providing new and innovativeservices to its subscribers as a result of a five-year managedservices agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC). The Romanian operatoris handing over responsibility for part of its field operationsactivities starting from January 4, 2010.Yorgos Ioannidis, CEO of Romtelecom says: "This strategic partnershipis in line with our commitment to become an even more efficientoperator, and to continue to launch new and innovative voice, data,broadband internet and television services to our subscribers."Valter D'Avino, Head of Managed Services at Ericsson, says: "We haveinvested more than USD 1 billion in our global tools, methods andprocesses, and these will now add value for Romtelecom and ultimatelyits subscribers. This agreement is an exciting new opportunity toactively support the fast evolution and growth of the Romaniantelecom sector."The contract marks the first managed services deal for Ericsson inRomania. Ericsson will be responsible for corrective and preventivefield maintenance of switching and power systems.As a result of the agreement, about 400 employees from Romtelecomwill be transferred to Ericsson, strengthening Ericsson's globalservices organization.Notes to editors:Ericsson's multimedia content is available at the broadcast room:www.ericsson.com/broadcast_roomEricsson is the world's leading provider of technology and servicesto telecom operators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobiletechnologies, and provides support for networks with over 1 billionsubscribers and has a leading position in managed services. Thecompany's portfolio comprises of mobile and fixed networkinfrastructure, telecom services, software, broadband and multimediasolutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The SonyEricsson and ST-Ericsson joint ventures provide consumers withfeature-rich personal mobile devices.Ericsson is advancing its vision of "to be the prime driver in anall-communicating world" through innovation, technology, andsustainable business solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than75,000 employees generated revenue of SEK 209 billion (USD 32.2billion) in 2008. Founded in 1876 with the headquarters in Stockholm,Sweden, Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and NASDAQ NewYork.www.ericsson.comwww.twitter.com/ericssonpressFOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACTEricsson Corporate Public & Media RelationsPhone: +46 10 719 69 92E-mail: media.relations(at)ericsson.comAbout Ericsson's Managed Services offeringEricsson has the telecom industry's most comprehensive managedservices offering. It ranges from designing, building, operating andmanaging day-to-day operations of a customer's network, includingend-user services and business-support systems, to hostingservice-layer solutions and providing network coverage and capacityon demand. As the undisputed leader in managed services, Ericsson hasofficially announced more than 100 contracts for managed serviceswith operators worldwide since 2002. In all current managed servicescontracts, excluding hosting, Ericsson is managing networks thattogether serve more than 350 million subscribers worldwide.http://hugin.info/1061/R/1359864/331593.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 09.12.2009 - 09:00 Uhr
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