Bangkok--23 Jul--Ericsson
- Ericsson expands Global Service Center in India by opening a new Global Network Operations Center site in Kolkata
-Complements existing sites in Noida, Gurgaon and Bangalore
-Global Network Operations Centers provide managed services that help operators reduce capital expenditure, improve network performance and promote end-user loyalty
Ericsson is expanding its Global Network Operations Center in India by opening a fourth site in Kolkata, complementing the existing sites in Noida, Gurgaon and Bangalore. The new Global Network Operations Center site in Kolkata will help Ericsson meet growing customer demand and continue to attract and retain the best talent that India has to offer.
The Global Network Operations Center in India provides managed services that help operators in 49 countries around the world reduce capital expenditure, improve network performance and promote end-user loyalty. The managed services provided include service and resource fulfillment, proactive and reactive maintenance, alarm and network fault handling, restoration and repair of network faults, problem management and change management, customer problem management, help desks, network planning, design and optimization, application development and support, and operations management.
Amitabh Ray, Managing Director of Ericsson India Global Services, says: "India’s large ICT talent pool and fast-growing economy makes it the ideal place to base a Global Network Operations Center to serve Ericsson’s customers. Kolkata’s standing as a center of commercial and educational excellence makes it a great location for Ericsson’s newest Global Network Operations Center site."
Bunyati Kirdniyom, Head of Communications and Regulatory Affairs, Ericsson Thailand adds that as of Q1 2014, there were around 6.8 billion mobile subscriptions and that number is forecasted to reach around 9.2 billion in 2019. Global mobile broadband subscriptions reached 2.3 billion in Q1 2014 and will reach 7.6 billion in 2019. Importantly, smartphone traffic will grow around 10 times between 2013 and 2019 as well.
To meet this dramatic growth, operators will have to plan not only technologies but how to manage and operate the complicated networks with such heavy traffics too. Working with global strategic partners who have both technology and service leadership becomes crucial for future success, added Bunyati.
Ericsson’s Global Service Centers – located in China, India, Mexico and Romania – house Global Network Operations Centers that, in combination with local and regional centers, provide managed services for networks that serve 1 billion subscribers. The Global Service Centers also develop competence to support regional service-delivery organizations in delivering professional services for the ICT sector in areas such as complex consulting, IT, systems integration, network rollout and customer support.