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Idea Cellular has announced its collaboration with Swedish communication technology, multinational company Ericsson to deploy 4G network across the selected Indian telecom circles which serve over 40 million subscribers.
The undersigned agreement includes the transformation of company's radio access and core network infrastructure across 9 circles for 2G and 5 circles for 3G. The agreement promises Idea Cellular to deliver superior mobile broadband experiences including faster mobile data speeds and better smartphone performances to its subscribers.
"We are committed to offering our customers the best possible mobile experience. Transforming our 2G and 3G network will enable us to offer optimised mobile data and better smartphone performance while our LTE deployments will take the customer experience on Idea Cellular's networks to the next level," said Himanshu Kapania, CEO, Idea Cellular.
For expanding the networks of Idea Cellular, Ericsson will install its standard RBS 6000 radio base station, which supports which supports GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA and LTE in a single cabinet and upgrade core network and operations support systems (OSS).
"Ericsson's technology and services leadership will enable Idea Cellular to transform their 2G and 3G networks and to roll out an LTE network that delivers superior broadband experiences," added Paolo Colella, head of region India, Ericsson.
For this purpose, the Indian telecom market is divided into 22 geographical zones, referred to as circles.
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