Ericsson to put footprints in chennai

Ericsson announced the opening of its first R&D facility in India, and Global Service Delivery Center (GSDC) at Chennai, one year after it set up its manufacturing unit for Radio Base stations in Jaipur.

The new Ericsson facility was inaugurated by Dayanidhi Maran, Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology, in the presence of Inga Eriksson Fogh, the Swedish Ambassador to India.

The R&D facility will focus on developing value-added applications for the pre-paid and multimedia segments, and the Global Service Delivery Center will cater to global customers.

Dayanidhi Maran said, "I congratulate Ericsson on having chosen Chennai to set up its first R&D facility and GSDC in India. It is a reiteration of the company's commitment to India. I have visited the manufacturing plant at Jaipur and am proud to say that Ericsson is creating world-class research, manufacturing and service delivery capabilities in India."

Mats Granryd, managing director, Ericsson India, said, "We have been in the country for over a hundred years now. The Ericsson R&D facility in Chennai is part of our global R&D set-up to offer cutting-edge solutions to our global customer base. The GSDC will focus on providing Service Integration capabilities for complex telecom projects to our global customers."