Nokia and VimpelCom sign major five-year managed services contract for management of fixed, mobile and transport networks
March 07 2017 - 7:01AM
Press Release
- One of Europe's largest multi-vendor managed services
agreements
- Nokia to manage network operations and field maintenance for
majority of VimpelCom's fixed, mobile and transport networks
- Draws Nokia's extensive technology and services expertise to
transform and simplify operations for VimpelCom in three regions in
Russia
March 7, 2017
Moscow, Russia - Nokia and the Russian communications and
technology company "VimpelCom" (brand "Beeline") have signed a
five-year agreement under which Nokia will become the major
supplier of managed services for VimpelCom's fixed, mobile and
transport network operations.
Nokia, which has been managing services for VimpelCom's network
in central Russia, will extend this responsibility to manage
VimpelCom's 2G, 3G and 4G networks, provided by a variety of
equipment vendors, leveraging its innovative network management
tools, processes, and software automation. Field maintenance work
will be carried out by Nokia in the Southern, North Caucasian and
Central regions of Russia, including Moscow.
By consolidating and transforming network operations, VimpelCom
will 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 optimization
services, network implementation, project management and ongoing
network support from its global delivery hub in Voronezh, Russia.
Nokia will draw on its extensive understanding and experience of
end-to-end service delivery with multiple technologies and vendors
to serve VimpelCom's specific network needs and provision of high
quality network performance.
Martin Skop, Executive Vice President for Infrastructure
Development PJSC "VimpelCom" said: "Today we are at a dynamic
stage in our business transformation. The transition to a new
operating model for "Beeline" network management is another step
towards a new "VimpelCom" technological reality. The partnership
with Nokia enables us to restructure business processes, improve
financial performance, keep pace with global trends and drive
technological innovations. In addition, smart managed services will
help us improve our overall efficiency."
Igor Leprince, head of Global Services at Nokia said:
"This agreement highlights the breadth of Nokia's global services
and technology expertise across fixed, mobile and transport
networks. Working with VimpelCom we will manage network operations
and field maintenance with a focus on driving the highest levels of
quality and efficiency into operations to enhance network
performance and availability. Our innovative service delivery draws
from world-class capabilities and the power of extreme
automation."
Did you know
- Nokia is a global service market leader with more than 200
mobile and fixed managed services contracts across the world. Two
out of three of these contracts consist of multi-vendor
networks.
- Nokia Managed Services has a full set of consolidation services
to help operators transform network operations, including
operations assessment and NOC consolidation services.
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