Ericsson will be in charge for a lot of stuff as the SmarTone-Vodafone selected Ericsson as its sole supplier according to the contract they made that started on April 3, 2008. Ericsson will serve the Hongkong’s number 4th mobile phone operator in these kinds of task:
- To setup and maintaining a HSPA-enabled (High Speed Packet Access) radio access network, including Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS), a functionality that enables mobile-TV services to be broadcast.
- The deal also includes a fully IP-based core network, including IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), Ericsson’s Mobile Softswitch Solution, and Redback’s SmartEdge routers.
- Network design
- Systems integration
- Spare parts management service
- Support services
- Network deployment and integration.
What all these things really mean for SmarTone-Vodafone users anyway?
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