Ericsson bullish on expanding markets
By Shenshen Zhu |
May 18, 2010, Tuesday
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ERICSSON Inc aims to maintain and expand its shares in two telecommunication markets in China this year as it banks on new 3G contracts from China Mobile, strong development in 4G and booming telecom services, despite cuts on 3G by telecom carriers in 2010.
The world's biggest telecom equipment vendor expects to secure more 3G contracts from China Mobile in the latest bidding for the telco's 3G TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous code division multiple access) network, a home-grown technology.
"We are going to have more 3G deals from China Mobile (through partner Datang)," said Johan Wibergh, Ericsson's senior vice-president and head of networks. "We will also keep our market share in the WCDMA network sector."
Ericsson now has 5 to 10 percent of China's TD-SCDMA market and more than 30 percent of China Unicom's WCDMA (wideband CDMA) market, according to Wibergh.
China Mobile, with more than 500 million users, will construct 200,000 3G base stations nationwide this year, 2.5 times the 80,000 stations built in 2009, said Sha Yuejia, the telco's vice president.
In March, Ericsson said it had secured US$1.8 billion worth of deals with Chinese operators, including a US$1 billion deal with China Mobile.
China's telcos cut 3G spending this year after huge investment last year, analysts said. To meet the situation, Ericsson has raised spending on 4G TD-LTE (long term evolution) technology.
The world's biggest telecom equipment vendor expects to secure more 3G contracts from China Mobile in the latest bidding for the telco's 3G TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous code division multiple access) network, a home-grown technology.
"We are going to have more 3G deals from China Mobile (through partner Datang)," said Johan Wibergh, Ericsson's senior vice-president and head of networks. "We will also keep our market share in the WCDMA network sector."
Ericsson now has 5 to 10 percent of China's TD-SCDMA market and more than 30 percent of China Unicom's WCDMA (wideband CDMA) market, according to Wibergh.
China Mobile, with more than 500 million users, will construct 200,000 3G base stations nationwide this year, 2.5 times the 80,000 stations built in 2009, said Sha Yuejia, the telco's vice president.
In March, Ericsson said it had secured US$1.8 billion worth of deals with Chinese operators, including a US$1 billion deal with China Mobile.
China's telcos cut 3G spending this year after huge investment last year, analysts said. To meet the situation, Ericsson has raised spending on 4G TD-LTE (long term evolution) technology.
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