Vodafone and Ericsson agree on the sale of Field Operations
Vodafone and Ericsson have reached a partnership agreement for the management maintenance of mobile and fixed network access, network transport and switching nodes of the fixed network of Vodafone in Italy. By that agreement, managed services for Vodafone’s 334 employees will come to Ericsson. The agreement, which lasts five years, establishes the transfer of the branch ‘company in the field operations of Vodafone Italy to Ericsson. There are 334 employees of Vodafone and Ericsson will come into the organization Services.
Vodafone will retain ownership, development and management of the network. Ericsson already has agreements in place with Vodafone Managed Services in Germany, Great Britain and the Netherlands. Ericsson has invested over a billion dollars in the development of processes, methods and tools that allow operators to optimize network activities, the increase in efficiency and gives the best user experience in the use of communications services.