VOL. XLI

No. 12

23-March-1998

UAE

Etisalat Awards Ericsson $60.2Mn GSM Expansion Contract

Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunication company, announced on 19 March that it hadsigned a $60.2mn contract with Etisalat, the UAE telecommunications company, to expand theexisting GSM900 network in the UAE. The expansion will include the existing network inDubai and GSM switches in al-'Ain and Sharjah. Under the contract, Ericsson will supplyswitching equipment, base stations and maintenance systems to...