Ericsson awarded IT management contract by Du

Du has signed a five-year IT management contract with Ericsson. As part of the managed services agreement, Ericsson will augment Du’s IT applications and deliver development and maintenance for the UAE telco’s IT applications.

Under the terms of the contract, Ericsson will develop and maintain applications for approximately 35 platforms and technologies, including upgrading and consolidation of Du’s software applications domains, transformation of operations and enterprise support systems, and managed services.