Russian mobile operator Vimpelcom, working under the Beeline brand, has signed a services contract with Nokia. Under the five-year contract, Nokia will become the major supplier of managed services for Vimpelcom's fixed, mobile and backbone network operations.
Nokia, which has been managing services for Vimpelcom's network in central Russia, will extend this responsibility to manage Vimpelcom's GSM, 3G and LTE networks, provided by a variety of equipment vendors, leveraging its network management tools, processes, and software automation. Field maintenance work will be carried out by Nokia in the Southern, North Caucasian and Central federal districts of Russia, including Moscow.By consolidating and transforming network operations, Vimpelcom expects to benefit from reduced network and operational complexity, faster time to market and lower total cost of ownership in running multiple networks. In turn, Vimpelcom will enhance service quality for more than 58 million mobile and 2.2 million fixed broadband customers in Russia.
Nokia will also deliver full network planning and optimisation services, network implementation, project management and ongoing network support from its global delivery hub in Voronezh. No financial details of the contract were disclosed.
