Ericsson In Deal With BITE For Mobile Infrastructure

STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Swedish telecommunications equipment company Telefon AB LM Ericsson Monday said it has signed a contract with Baltic mobile operator BITE Group to supply second-generation and third-generation mobile systems infrastructure in Lithuania and Latvia until 2008.

The value of the deal wasn't disclosed.

The contract extends the existing business partnership between Ericsson and BITE Group companies for GSM and EDGE in Lithuania to Latvia and WCDMA.

BITE Group consists of the companies BITE Lietuva and BITE Latvija.

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Posted to the site on 12th December 2005