Ericsson Delegation Welcomed at Batelco Hamala HQ
Manama, Bahrain: Batelco, the Kingdom of Bahrain's leading communications company, hosted a senior delegation from Swedish-based Company Ericsson at Batelco head office in Bahrain on February 12th. The visit strengthened the cooperative relationship between Batelco and Ericsson, and opened new prospects for further coordination and cooperation between the two companies globally.
Batelco Group Chief Executive Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa welcomed the delegation which comprised of top senior management from Ericsson headquarters as well as regional and country heads. The delegation included Ericsson Group CEO Hans Vestberg and President of Ericsson Middle East Region Anders Lindblad, and other members of Ericsson group leadership team. In addition to Shaikh Mohamed the attendees from Batelco included Batelco Bahrain Chief Executive Officer Rashid Abdulla and Group CEO Strategic Assignments, Peter Kaliaropoulos.
On the occasion Shaikh Mohamed said that Batelco highly values the long standing partnerships between both organizations and the partnership agreements that have been concluded between Batelco and Ericsson.
"Aligning with strategic partners such as Ericsson who share our vision and bring in world-class experience and expertise to execute our plans, has helped us focus on our customers and market place. Our long standing partnership with Ericsson goes back to the early 80's which reflects the strength of our relationship, helping us to fulfil our vision and continue to provide a superior customer experience."
Hans Vestberg, Ericsson Group CEO says, "Batelco is well positioned to empower the next evolution of the ICT industry in Bahrain and across the region and take the customer experience to greater heights. Throughout the years of partnership, we are together bringing the Networked Society to life in Bahrain and across the region."
The delegation discussed the challenges and benefits of the Networked Society and its positive impact to the ICT industry in Bahrain.
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About Batelco
Batelco Group, listed on the Bahrain Bourse, is the leading integrated communications' provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain and a company of reference among the region's key telecommunications players for innovation and customer experience.
Batelco serves both the corporate and consumer markets in the most liberalised and competitive environment in the Middle East region. It delivers cutting-edge fixed and wireless telecommunications services to its customers in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Yemen and Egypt.
The Batelco Group of companies offers end-to-end telecommunications solutions for its residential, business and government customers in Bahrain on Next Generation, all IP fixed and 3.75G wireless networks, MPLS based regional data solutions and, GSM mobile and WiMax broadband services across the countries in which it operates.
About Ericsson
Ericsson is the world's leading provider of communications technology and services. We are enabling the Networked Society with efficient real-time solutions that allow us all to study, work and live our lives more freely, in sustainable societies around the world.
Our offering comprises services, software and infrastructure within Information and Communications Technology for telecom operators and other industries. Today more than 40 percent of the world's mobile traffic goes through Ericsson networks and we support customers' networks servicing more than 2.5 billion subscribers.
We operate in 180 countries and employ more than 100,000 people. Founded in 1876, Ericsson is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2011 the company's net sales were SEK 226.9 billion (USD 35.0 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm and NASDAQ, New York stock exchanges.
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