Zain Bahrain awards Ericsson network upgrade contract

Zain Bahrain has awarded a network upgrade contract to Ericsson, covering LTE equipment, and prepaid charging including consulting and systems integration services.

Ericsson will replace existing 2G and 3G radio network equipment while adding 4G functionality with the Ericsson RBS 6000 family of base stations. Ericsson will also deploy Evolved Packet Core with triple-access SGSN-MME and Ericsson Evolved Packet Gateway based on Ericsson SSR 8000 family of Smart Services Routers as well as MINI-LINK PT and SP for IP backhaul.