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Ericsson launches India made radio base stations
By siliconindia
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Friday, 11 March 2005, 20:30 IST
JAIPUR: Swedish telecom major Ericsson today rolled out the first made in India radio base stations and will invest $ 50 million over the next two years for manufacturing GSM base stations.
"We started investing in this facility some time ago and will continue to invest. The upgradation investment at this manufacturing plant is $ 50 million over two to three years," Ericsson India Managing Director Jan Campbell said. Ericsson is the first multinational company to manufacture GSM radio base stations (RBS) with complete site solutions in India.
The first consignment of GSM RBS from the factory will be sent to Bharti Tele-Ventures.
The factory near here is Ericssons fourth GSM RBS facility globally and has enabled the company to expand its manufacturing level from AXE switches to base stations. The company's other three facilities are in Sweden, China and Brazil.
"Local manufacturing enables sustained growth of Indian telecom industry and Ericsson is a pioneer in this industry," Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran said.
Campbell said, "the facility will help Indian operators in achieving quicker roll out of world class quality and with cost efficient solutions." The factory will manufacture more than 1,000 base stations per month with the capacity to scale up operations as per increase in demand. These base stations will help operators to reduce capital as well as operating expenditure by up to 30 percent.