VOL. XLI

No. 23

8-June-1998

BAHRAIN

Batelco And Ericsson Sign Two Contracts Worth $24.4Mn

Batelco, the Bahraini telecommunications company, said on 3 June that it has signed twocontracts with Sweden's Ericsson for the expansion of its network. The first contract,worth BD7.4mn ($19.6mn), was signed with Ericsson Radio to expand the GSM mobile networkfrom its current capacity of 80,000 to 150,000 subscribers. The project will beimplemented in three phases and involves the addition of 17 new base...