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.