Ericsson Expands GSM System in Sultanate of Oman.STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 1999-- Ericsson has won an international tender and signed a turnkey contract, valued at $33 million (SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 270 million), with the General Telecommunications Organization (GTO GTO Gran Turismo Omologato (Ferrari & Pontiac models) GTO Go To GTO Guanajuato (México) GTO Great Teacher Onizuka (Japanese series) GTO Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit ) for expansion and upgrading of the existing GSM 900 network in Muscat Muscat, Maskat, or Masqat (all: mŭs`kăt, mŭs`kət), city (1993 pop. 533,774), capital of Oman, SE Arabia, on the Gulf of Oman. It is flanked by rugged mountains. , Sultanate of Oman. Under the terms of the contract, Ericsson will deliver the latest generation platform of MSC (1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services. (Mobile Services Switching Center), BSC (Binary Synchronous Communications) See bisync. (Base Station Controller) and RBS RBS Royal Bank of Scotland RBS Role Based Security RBS Rollback Segment RBS Rare Book School (University of Virginia) RBS Rural Business Cooperative Service RBS Ribosome Binding Site (genetics) (Radio Base Stations). The network capacity will increase to 127,000 subscribers by the end of 2000. "The contract will enable GTO to rapidly expand their capacity and meet the public demand for new services in their network", says Sune Larsson, General Manager, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Oman. The General Telecommunications Organization (GTO) is the sole operator in the Sultanate of Oman providing telecoms services to the public. GTO initiated GSM services in Oman in 1996. Ericsson has been the main supplier of GSM systems to the Sultanate of Oman since 1997. GSM is the world's most widely deployed wireless communications standard. Ericsson is the global market leader in GSM, with close to half of the world's 150 million GSM subscribers connected by Ericsson systems. More than 125 operators in 70 countries around the world rely on GSM systems from Ericsson. Ericsson is the leading provider in the new telecoms world, with communications solutions that combine telecom and datacom technologies with freedom of mobility for the user. With more than 100,000 employees in 140 countries, Ericsson simplifies communications for its customers - network operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers - the world over. Please visit Ericsson's Press Room at: http://www.ericsson.se/pressroom |
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