Agreement between Bharti Airtel & Ericsson

Bharti Airtel agreement with Ericsson

Ques: Who is the chairman of Bharti Airtel?

a. Lakshmi Mittal
b. Gautam Adani
c. Sunil Bharti Mittal
d. Arun Bharti Mittal

Ans: c

Related facts:

  • 02 September, 2015 Bharti Airtel, India’s telecom services provider has signed four year agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC).
  • The new agreement includes rollout of 3G services in both UMTS 2100 MHZ and UMTS 900MHz band (in three circles).
  • As part of the contract, Ericsson will supply, install and perform manage services for WCDMA Radio Access Networks (RAN).
  • Ericsson will provide its multi-standard radio equipment from the Ericsson RBS 6000 base station family for macro and small cells.
  • This will enable energy-efficient and cost-effective operations while allowing the operator to meet growing demands of better and faster mobile internet connectivity for the end-users.
  • As per the India appendix of the Ericsson Mobility Report released in June 2015, WCDMA/HSPA subscriptions are expected to increase from over 120 million in 2014 to around 620 million by 2020.
  • As the proportion of WCDMA /HSPA subscriptions in the total subscription base increases from 13 per cent to 45 %.
  • The total number of mobile subscriptions in India is expected to increase to approximately 1.4 Billion by 2020, resulting in a population penetration of 100 per cent.

Reference:

http://www.ericsson.com/in/news/150902-bharti-airtel-selects-ericsson-to-roll-out-4g_254740126_c
http://www.ericsson.com/in/news/150902-bharti-airtel-selects-ericsson-to-expand-3g_254740126_c