VOL. XLII

No 51

20-December-1999

BAHRAIN

Bahrain Awards Ericsson $20Mn GSM Contract

Bahrain Telecommunications (Batelco) announced on 7 Decemberthat it had awarded a $20mn contract to Sweden痴 Ericsson to expand the GSMnetwork in the country. The contract involves a three-stage plan to raisecapacity to 230,000 lines by December 2001 from the existing 150,000. Inaddition, the contract includes the installation of 37 new radio base stations.According to Bahrain痴 Communications Minister, Shaikh Ali...