Ericsson signed USD 1.8 billion deals with Chinese operators

March 30, 2010

China Mobile and China Unicom have signed 2G/3G frame agreements with Ericsson valued USD1 billion and USD 800 million respectively. The signing ceremony was held in Stockholm on March 29 and was attended by Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping who was on an official visit to Sweden.

 

Under the agreement with China Mobile, Ericsson will provide a radio access network including a multi-standard radio base station RBS 6000 and mobile soft-switching technology, which will drastically boost the capacity of the network and evolve it into an IP network. With such solutions, Ericsson will also help China Mobile to achieve their energy saving goals.

 

Under the agreement with China Unicom, Ericsson will provide a faster 3G network with HSPA Evolution technology to secure higher speed and better user experience for consumers. In addition, Ericsson will further expand cooperation with China Unicom in the area of IP and broadband, supplying IP routers, fiber access technologies GPON and 40G WDM as well as IP multimedia subsystem (IMS).

 

These frame agreements will be implemented during 2010.

 

Mats H Olsson, Head of Ericsson Greater China, says: "The signing of the significant frame agreements is a manifestation of our continued strong cooperation with our Chinese customers. We are confident that we will do an even better job in supplying the latest technology and best-in-class services in time to support Chinese operators in fulfilling the demand of this tremendous market growth."

 

The ceremony was also attended by Chang Xiaobing, Chairman of China Unicom; Lu Xiangdong, Vice President of China Mobile; Hans Vestberg, President and CEO of Ericsson and Mats H Olsson, President of Ericsson Greater China.

新华网上海３月３０日专电（记者龚雯）爱立信（ＮＡＳＤＡＱ：ＥＲＩＣ）２９日称，与中国移动（０９４１．ＨＫ） 和中国联通（６０００５０．ＳＨ）签署了总价值为１８亿美元的框架协议，并将在２０１０年实施。

    根据协议，爱立信将对中国移动提供包括多标准无线基站ＲＢＳ６０００和移动软交换 技术，从而大大增强网络容量和ＩＰ网络无线接入。同时，爱立信还将帮助中国移动实现其节能目标，合同总价值为１０亿美元。

    另外，根据爱立信与中国联通的协议，公司将为其提供具有ＨＳＰＡ演进技术的更快的 ３Ｇ网络，以确保较高的速度，加强对消费者的用户体验。并将进一步扩大与联通在知识产权和宽带的合作，提供ＩＰ路由器、光纤接入技术ＧＰＯＮ和４０Ｇ的波 分复用以及ＩＰ多媒体子系统（ＩＭＳ），合同总价值８亿美元。

    爱立信大中国负责人马志鸿说：“此次框架协议的签署，是爱立信继续与中国客户建立 稳固合作的体现。公司将提供最新的技术和一流的服务，以支持中国这一巨大的市场需求增长。”