Ericsson signs Managed Services agreement with TeliaSonera International Carrier.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2003 Ericsson (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ERICY) has been awarded a three-year Managed Services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality contract by TeliaSonera International Carrier to manage its field operations for their fixed international infrastructure network. The solution will enable TeliaSonera International Carrier to continue the streamlining of its operations, ensuring quality improvements and efficiency while focusing on its core business as presented in the restructuring plan last year. "Sourcing field operations and maintenance tasks to specialized providers is a part of our strengths to plan and operate the network more efficiently, staying focused on service quality." says Jean-Claude Geha, Head of Networks, Vice President, TeliaSonera International Carrier. Ericsson will provide TeliaSonera International Carrier with its global services expertise, taking over the responsibility for providing field maintenance services, including remote hands, spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. handling and inventory management for the multi-vendor fixed infrastructure network. The contract covers countries in Europe and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and all services will be supplied through a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. function in Sweden. Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet See broadband. communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world. Read more at http://www.ericsson.com/press About TeliaSonera International Carrier TeliaSonera International Carrier provides wholesale international IP, capacity and voice services to selected high volume destinations in Europe and across the Atlantic. Services are based on the fully-owned and controlled European and trans-Atlantic networks, with peering points in the US. TeliaSonera International Carrier is the leading carrier of IP traffic in the Nordic and Baltic Sea Baltic Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.163,000 sq mi (422,170 sq km), including the Kattegat strait, its northwestern extension. The Øresund, Store Bælt, and Lille Bælt connect the Baltic Sea with the Kattegat and Skagerrak straits, which lead to the regions, with extensive reach into Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. . About Ericsson Global Services With indisputable global market leadership in mobile infrastructure and a complete service offering, with the most extensive experience of working in a multi-vendor and multi-technology environment, Ericsson has a unique experience of, and knowledge in, advising, integrating and implementing telecom equipment in a multi-vendor environment. With 15,000 Global Services consultants worldwide, Ericsson is the world's largest and most comprehensive telecommunications services company. The company has signed more than 35 managed services contracts, far more than any other vendor. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion