Ericsson has announced that it has been selected to manage operations and maintenance of the MBNL radio access network encompassing the Three UK and EE networks. Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL) is the joint venture company owned by Three UK and EE. 

Under the 5 year contract, Ericsson will provide MBNL with a fully managed end to end operations service that includes the network operations centre, network performance and optimization, field support and maintenance, as well as multivendor spare parts management service for its 2G and 3G networks and EE and Three UK deployments of 4G LTE technology.

Ericsson boosts to have signed more than 300 managed services contracts in more than 100 countries globally.