ZTE, Huawei, Ericsson bag MTS orders

GURGAON, INDIA: MTS, the mobile telephony services brand of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL), announced on Sunday that it has chosen leading telecom technology partners ZTE, Huawei and Ericsson to provide Network Managed Services at different telecom circles in the country.

The Network Share of MTS has been split between these management services provider for better outputs, said the company. It said the NMS project will ensure a better network efficiency for the MTS customers across its telecom circles.

Speaking on the occasion, Vsevolod Rozanov, president and CEO of SSTL said the company opted for NMS model to create a benchmark for its service delivery and benefit the customers.

“We appreciate the continuous efforts of our existing strategic partners ZTE and Huawei and welcome Ericsson on board. We sincerely thank all the participants in the tender and are looking forward to joint growth of business”.

Jens Kirchner, Chief Technology Advisor of SSTL, said, “Further improving the network operations, Network Managed Service opted by MTS will allow the company to set a new standards of network delivery and achieving competitive cost position. It also allows learning from multiple MSV experiences and implementation, giving our customers the best of experiences.”

MTS said ZTE, Huawei and Ericsson have been selected to manage MTS services based on their expertise and efficiency in respective regions and convenient price models. Remaining circles will be assigned to vendors at a later stage based on vendor performance and commercial terms