Ericsson Nikola Tesla continues its good performance in the Kosovo market after they built a completely new a GSM network for the mobile operator Ipko and started it end of last year. The latest contract in this market was signed on 17th March 2008 for a fixed Internet broadband access with the PTK operator (Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo J.S.C.); it is about the delivery, implementation and integration of VDSL2 subscriber lines across the entire Kosovo region. The company was awarded this contract worth approx. 8 MHRK as the top quality bidder in a public bidding contest announced in November last year.

„The project performance is in progress, once it is finished the users in Kosovo will have a fast broadband access to the Internet contents and services based on the cutting-edge VDSL2 technology“, said Ivan Barać, Ericsson Nikola Tesla's officer responsible for sales in Kosovo.

„The contract with PTK is of strategic importance for Ericsson Nikola Tesla as it is about a new customer and we enter the fixed telecom segment in the Kosovo market - after we successfully entered the mobile telephony segment. We shall enable PTK to offer to their users a high-rate broadband access; thus this operator will join the top providers of cutting-edge communication services. The broadband access is nowadays a segment with a large potential for business growth and it offers to operators with broadband supporting networks new business opportunities. I am very satisfied that with the contract performance we shall help our customer to acquire a position in this segment and to achieve business growth in it“, said Gordana Kovačević, president of Ericsson Nikola Tesla.

Communication Ericsson Nikola Tesla