Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel announced
on October 7, 2010 that the company will team up with telecom equipment
suppliers Chinese Huawei and Swedish Ericsson for Bharti's mobile network
expansion and management in Bangladesh, according to the Economic Times. As per
the agreement, Huawei and Ericsson are projected to provide network design,
planning, implementation, and project management services for Bharti. The two
companies are also expected to offer the material and services needed for the
base station sites and microwave transmissions. It is reported that Ericsson will
be responsible for managing majority of its network capacity in Bangladesh, and
Huawei will take care of upgrading the networks in the eastern part of the
country.
Bharti announced that the company has acquired a
70% stake in Bangladeshi telecom operator Warid Telecom in January this year.
Warid Telecom has a subscriber base of 3 million, according to Reuters.