Ericsson completes delivery of new GSM base station hardware to VodaFone Essar

Swedish telecom biggie Ericsson has delivered more than 16,000 base station cabinets and more than 250 base station controllers to India's GSM mobile service provider VodaFone Essar. As part of the agreement, Ericsson also provided an expansion of the layered architecture circuit core including mobile packet back bone (MPBN) and microwave transmission equipment.

Ericsson has replaced more than 10,500 of the VodaFone Essar 's GSM radio sites.

Acknowledging the milestone, Naresh Gupta, Technical Director at Vodafone Essar, says: "Swapping a commercially live network with near zero service deterioration is a very demanding task. I am pleased that Ericsson managed to undertake and complete such a challenging project in record time."