Telecoms giant Ericsson said Friday it had won a 1.3-billion-dollar (951-million-euro) contract to upgrade and expand Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's (BSNL) mobile network. Ericsson said it would supply a second-generation GSM and third-generation WCDMA/HSPA radio access network and transmission equipment. Deliveries will start in October, with the first phase of the project set to be completed in 12 months. In July, Ericsson announced it had won a 2.0-billion-dollar order from India's Bharti Airtel to expand its network into rural areas, the largest order ever received by the Swedish company. Ericsson will design, plan, deploy and manage Bharti Airtel's GSM network across 15 regions in India as well as its pan-India pre-paid platform across 23 regions.
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