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LTE: Brazil: Vivo and Oi named suppliers for their LTE networks.
Brazilian operators Vivo and Oi have named the suppliers for their LTE networks. Vivo, Telefonica’s subsidiary in the country, has announced that Swedish vendor Ericsson
will supply and implement its 4G network in the North and Mid-Western
regions of Brazil, as well as the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais,
Bahia and Sergipe.
Ericsson will also be responsible for network implementation,
including network rollout, design and support services. Ericsson has
implemented Vivo’s GSM, WCDMA and HSPA technologies in the past.
Rival Oi has also selected Ericsson, along with Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Alcatel Lucent
for its LTE network, the operator told local reporters according to
Reuters. Ericsson said that with these deals it has now signed 89 LTE
contracts across 38 countries.
The news follows a report from the GSMA, which claims that mobile
services will shape Brazil’s economic future. The country is the fourth
largest mobile market in the world with more than 260 million active
mobile connections, 60 million of which are mobile broadband, according
to the association. It is set to maintain a strong pace of growth and
reach 135 million mobile broadband connections by 2014.
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