VOL. XLI

No. 09

2-March-1998

MOROCCO

Ericsson Awarded GSM Contract By Morocco's ONPT Telecom

Ericsson, the Swedish Telecommunications giant, has won a contract to build 147 GSMbase stations in Morocco. The contract includes the supply of equipment and softwareneeded to expand the existing GSM network. Ericsson will also help ONPT Telecoms toimprove the quality of GSM coverage. An ONPT Telecoms spokesman said that "Ericssonwon the tender to build 147 base stations throughout Moroccan territory,...