Vodafone Essar will award a $1.8 billion network expansion contract jointly to three equipment vendors Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Ericsson and Motorola.

Vodafone Essar will award a $1.8 billion network expansion contract jointly to three equipment vendors ?? Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Ericsson and Motorola. According to sources, NSN is likely to be the principal supplier of network electronics like base transceiver stations (BTSs), base station controllers (BSCs) and transcoders in 12 out of Vodafone Essar’s 16 existing telecom circles. Motorola is slated to supply BTSs, BSCs and transcoders in the remaining four circles. NSN will also supply mobile switching centres (MSCs) for 15 circles, and Ericsson will supply MSCs for the remaining Mumbai circle.