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Ericsson to upgrade Celcom GSM [Ericsson]
(Total Telecom Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson Wednesday said it has signed contracts with Malaysia's Celcom to upgrade its global system for mobile communication and provide Ericsson Mobile TV and Video solutions for its third-generation services.
The value of the deals wasn't disclosed.
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Ericsson To Upgrade Celcom Network, Provide Mobile TV -2
Edited Press Release
Ericsson said it will expand Celcom's GSM network in the northern, eastern and central regions of the Malaysian peninsula. The project will be implemented over 12 months beginning in early July.
The company will provide a comprehensive portfolio of telecommunication equipment and services, including deployment and integration of radio access network equipment, as well as switching capacity and software upgrades.
The contract also includes the Ericsson mobile softswitch solution, or MSS, comprising an MSC-server, media gateway, mobile packet backbone network, or MPBN, and operations support system, OSS.
Ericsson will also provide its Ericsson Telephony Softswitch solution, which entails the deployment of a new international switching center, or ISC, and multi network-operations support system, or MN-OSS, to upgrade Celcom's existing switches.
Ericsson said it will also supply and integrate its convergent streaming solution, which will provide Celcom with a single platform for packet and circuit switched mobile television.
The solution will enable Celcom to offer interactive a mobile TV service that will enable its customers to interact with a show that they are watching on their mobile phone.
Another service made possible with the deployment of this solution is 3G Pocketsports, which uses advanced sports video streaming technology to allow customers to view or share sports-related video through video extraction and video highlights.
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