VOL. XLIII

No. 27

3-July-2000

TUNISIA

Swedish Ericsson Awarded $50Mn Tunisie Telecom Contract

Swedish telecoms equipment firm Ericsson announced on 16 June that it had won a $50mn contract from Tunisie Telecom to supply a full general packet radio service (GPRS) system and to expand its existing GSM 900 network. According to a company press release, Ericsson will deliver GSM 900 infrastructure, a full GPRS system, pre-paid functionality, a billing system and a fraud management system under the...