The nation’s leading phone company, VNPT, has selected Ericsson to supply telecommunications equipment that can accommodate 200,000 new fixed-line telephone subscribers in the central region.
The deal is part of the second phase of a VNPT project to expand services in the central region. In the first phase, begun in August 2006, Ericsson was awarded the equipment contract to add 600,000 fixed-line telephone subscribers.
Ericsson’s presence in Viet Nam dates back over 15 years when the Swedish-based firm started its first telephone network project in Viet Nam. Financial information about the latest deals has not been released.
In 2005, Ericsson previously won a bid on the Central Viet Nam Rural Telecom Network project, a communications development project financed by a loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to expand phone service in remote, low-telephone penetration areas in 10 provinces in the central region
Meanwhile, the distinctly Swedish brand also recently announced the establishment of its wholly-owned company in Viet Nam, named Ericsson Viet Nam Ltd Co.
According to Eddie Ahnam, general director of Ericsson Viet Nam Ltd Co, the company, which has a total investment capital of US$1.4 million, will increase its investment in line with the market’s growing demand.
Ericsson Viet Nam will provide the local market with equipment and network system solutions, services in network management and control, multimedia and systems integration and mobile phones. (VNS)
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