CMPak - South Goes to Ericsson
June 1, 2007 — Tee EmmEricsson is announcing that CMPak (formerly Paktel) has awarded its expansion project in the south of Pakistan to the company. Ericsson will provide GSM and microwave transmission network equipment to CMPak for its expansion project that will cover 312 cities of Sindh and Baluchistan that form the southern part of Pakistan.
CMPak has awarded the expansion project of northern wing of its network to Alcatel-Lucent that we covered here.
The news bodes well for the industry in terms of more jobs in the sector particularly in the outsourced contract projects segment. The news also mean that increased network capacity will drive down the cost for the consumer due to increased competition and force the cellular operators to focus more on value added services on their network beyond just voice.
Let us hope Mr Leghari can lure in cellular manufacturers to start making terminals in Pakistan so that the import bill for these terminals can be minimized.
June 5, 2007 at 2:00 am
Any insights into why CMPak chose two different vendors in North and South? Is there a technical reason or is it just a business decision?
June 5, 2007 at 3:35 pm
This is a new trend in Telco industry no single vendor dependancy. This way client can push vendors to delivery more then what is expected of them and also to reduce the business risks.
June 18, 2007 at 9:33 am
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June 20, 2007 at 11:34 am
[...] the media. CMPak is a prime example (and one of the most interesting to watch) which has announced investments of over 1 billion US$ in Pakistan. In Research and education, for instance, Huawei provides [...]
June 22, 2007 at 9:13 am
[...] the media. CMPak is a prime example (and one of the most interesting to watch) which has announced investments of over 1 billion US$ in Pakistan. In Research and education, for instance, Huawei provides [...]
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