Ericsson named to support Telenor rollout in Myanmar

Late last year, Telenor also awarded Ericsson with a frame agreement to supply radio-access network (RAN) and associated services for a significant portion of Telenor’s network in the country.

Myanmar will experience increased rollout activity as Telenor’s network in Myanmar is expected to cover 90 per cent of the country’s population of more than 60 million in five years.

It will be a multi-standard network comprising of 2G and 3G to provide customers with both enhanced voice quality and high-speed data connectivity. Ericsson’s multi-standard network solution will be used in the deployment, along with 2G and 3G equipment that can be upgraded for future requirements.

With the multi-standard network solution, Ericsson enables operators to minimize the costs of operating a RAN.

The multi-standard network combines GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA, LTE, IP-based transport systems and its common Operations Support Systems in a fully optimized RAN.

This provides flexibility for the network to be tailored to the traffic profile in different parts of the country, and to integrate new spectrum bands as they become available.

In preparation for the network deployment, Ericsson announced that local hiring will continue over the next few months, and that investments in training and development have taken place over recent months for those already on board.

In addition, Ericsson will be drawing on specialist expertise from similar deployments elsewhere in the world.

Major social and economic progress has been taking place in Myanmar over the last two years, as the country opens up its economy. Mobile licences have recently been awarded to two foreign telecom companies, Telenor and Ooredoo on January 30 this year.