There are a large number of reasons for Ericsson India, which is shaping the
future of mobile and broadband Internet communications through technology
innovation, for making it to the Top 10 Club.
First, the fabulous revenue growth was the main factor that contributed to
its cheerful phase in India. During FY '06-07 Ericsson India's revenue was up by
95% to touch a magical figure of Rs 5,004 crore against
Rs 2,572 crore in previous fiscal.
The 95% growth stems from a number of major deals they struck in India. The
main contracts in India include: seven-year agreement with Reliance to create
3G-ready converged network backbone, BSNL expansion order for 1.5 mn subscribers
in North zone, hosted EMO initiative of Bharti, extension of Bharti's managed
capacity and managed services contracts by another three years, IPX contract
with Hutchison, Bharti, Idea, TTSL, BSNL and Reliance, BSNL-hosted PRBT project,
first shared in building solution (IBS) order from Bangalore International
Airport, three-year EMO contract with Spice, BSNL's GSM expansion, GSM expansion
contract with Idea Cellular for Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh and Rajasthan, and the mobile softswitch order from Hutchison.
In other South East Asian nations, Ericsson bagged major deals including MTN
Sri Lanka for hosted Web/Wap content delivery portal, network and technology
consulting contract with Bhutan Telecom, Bhutan Telecom expansion, Dialog
Telecom expansion, Dialog 3G contract in Sri Lanka, Bhutan Telecom's GSM and IN
expansion project, PDH micorowave radio contract with Ranks Telecom in
Bangladesh, pact with Grameenphone to build and integrate IP mobile backbone
network, and Warid Telecom's project to plan, design and integrate in-building
solution covering 43 cities in Bangladesh, etc.
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Under the leadership of Mats Granryd, MD, Ericsson India, innovations were at
the front of all major initiatives in the country. For instance, Idea Cellular,
Ericsson and the GSM Association's Development Fund have joined hands to develop
bio-fuels as a source of power for wireless networks in rural India, where power
is a scarce commodity. In a pilot project in Pune, they started using bio-fuels
to power mobile base stations located beyond the reach of the electricity grid.
The first phase of the project,
Mats Granryd
which is testing the feasibility of non-edible
plant-based fuels, such as cotton and jatropha, is nearing completion.
Localization is one of
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For broadband the company has tied up with Intel. As per the agreement, both
the players will accelerate deployment of services and applications on mobile
PCs, powered by Ericsson's mobile broadband and IMS solutions, and Intel core
micro-architecture for mobile clients and services. The association includes
marketing and technology enabling programs for software vendors to develop and
market multimedia applications for networks.
With India looking at reaching a magical 500 mn mark in telecom users by
2010, and action on 3G and broadband expected to escalate during the next couple
of years, the outlook for GSM/WCDMA systems market growth will be warm for the
telecom giant.