Ericsson Inc.
Project Name: Engineering Support Services Name and address of client: Ericsson Inc., 6300 Legacy Drive, Plano Texas 75024 Contact Person: Mr. Alvie O’Neal, Tel: 972 583 1555 Period of contract: 12 months, renewable annually Description of services provided:
GECII is on Master Services Agreement with Ericsson to provide consulting and engineering services to perform a series of tasks relative to the rollout of a nationwide GSM network in the USA. These tasks include:
- Project management for the AT&T wireless network upgrade from 900 MHz to 1900 MHz
- Coverage and capacity planning
- Fixed network transmission planning
- Base station transceiver (BTS), base station control (BSC), and mobile switching center (MSC), equipment provisioning
- Installation and test of the Ericsson RBS 882 and 884 cellular radio systems
- Test and commissioning of the Ericsson MSC 5000 mobile switching systems
- Drive testing, data reduction and RF optimization engineering
- Engineering and project management of the Ericsson energy management systems
- Line and antenna installation, upgrades, test and commissioning
Dollar Amount of Contract: $800,000 Status and comments: Customer is very pleased with GECII performance and quality work. The contract was renewed for 3 years consecutively.