VOL. XLI

No. 40

5-October-1998

TELECOMS

Etisalat Awards Ericsson Contracts Worth $25Mn

Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications company, announced on 29September that it had signed three contracts with UAEs Etisalat worth $25mn. Thefirst contract involves the provision of Intelligent Network platform and services (suchas prepaid cards) in the UAE. The second contract includes the expansion of the currentfixed national network. The third contract provides that Ericsson will deliver and install...