Batelco launches 4G over Ericsson kit

Batelco has selected Ericsson as the sole vendor in the company’s deployment of its 4G/LTE network in Bahrain. The agreement includes LTE radio access network, evolved packet core and an upgrade of the circuit-switched core and operations support system to back the new LTE services. Utilising Ericsson’s end-to-end LTE solution, Batelco has been able to provide its customers with fast speed connectivity and boosted experience, enabling true high-speed Internet, and rich multimedia applications such as high definition (HD) video streaming and chatting, cloud services and conferencing and high definition applications.

Ericsson and Batelco have enjoyed numerous successful partnerships over the past twenty years, as Ericsson has been supporting the telco with services and solutions to deploy GSM and WCDMA services and the recent mobile broadband uptake brought on by the popularity of smartphones.