Sprint outsources network maintenance and operations to Ericsson

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Thu, 07/09/2009 - 11:43am

Sprint on Thursday said it would outsource its network to Ericsson in a seven-year deal valued at $4.5 billion to $5 billion.

The deal (statement) allows Sprint to offload the costs associated with running its network. Sprint will transfer 6,000 employees to Ericsson.

Ericsson will now handle all the day-to-day operations, maintenance, climbing cell towers and [...]



 

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