Russian mobile operator MTS has awarded a full operation and maintenance managed services contract to Nokia Siemens Networks.
The deal, which is the first of its kind in Russia, will see MTS outsource its network operations in order to ‘reduce overall…
Russian mobile operator MTS has awarded a full operation and maintenance managed services contract to Nokia Siemens Networks.
The deal, which is the first of its kind in Russia, will see MTS outsource its network operations in order to ‘reduce overall costs while increasing organisational flexibility, transparency and the predictability of its operational expenses’.
Under the terms of the five-year contract, MTS will transfer around 250 employees to NSN.
Aleksander Popovsky, director of MTS Russia said: “While managed services projects have already proved their efficiency worldwide, in Russia the experience of such project implementation will be unique and innovative. That is why we’ll attentively follow up the progress in its development under local conditions. In the future this will allow us to make the decision on introducing this approach to other regions.”
