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Ericsson expands managed services partnership with Telefónica in Brazil

Ericsson will provide a range of field operations services, supervising and maintaining Telefónica's fixed network
Services will cover Telefónica's subscribers within the following areas in São Paulo city: Campo Limpo, Campo Belo, Jabaquara, Consolação and Ipiranga
Managed services will be provided in a multi-vendor environment
Telefónica Brazil has chosen Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) to provide managed services for field maintenance in São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil. Ericsson will provide a range of field operations services, supervising and maintaining Telefónica's fixed network within the following areas in São Paulo city: Campo Limpo, Campo Belo, Jabaquara, Consolação and Ipiranga. The managed services will be provided in a multi-vendor environment.

Sergio Quiroga, Head of Ericsson in Latin America and Caribeean, says: "Broadening our managed services partnership further with Telefónica is an important step to Ericsson. This contract also contributes to Ericsson's leadership in managed services in Latin America and globally."

Telefónica Brazil has already been working with Ericsson's methods and tools for managed services. This new contract is an expansion of Ericsson existing managed services execution with them. In 2008, Ericsson and Telefónica Brazil entered into an agreement for field maintenance of the operator's fiber network in São Paulo state.

Ericsson has the telecom industry's most comprehensive managed services offering. It ranges from designing, building, operating and managing day-to-day operations of a customer's network, including end-user services and business-support systems, to hosting service-layer solutions and providing network coverage and capacity on demand. With all current contracts, Ericsson has more than 45,000 service professionals and manages networks that serve over 800 million subscribers worldwide.

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