Ericsson and Zain Bahrain Deploy First Active Cooling Enclosure

Press release

Published February 26th, 2018 - 07:20 GMT

Wojciech Bajda, Head of Ericsson Gulf Council Countries

Ericsson’s Ericsson’s state of the art Outdoor Enclosure 6150 HEX/AirCon has been utilized by Zain Bahrain to install indoor mobile sites with shelters and air-conditioning.

The original systems that Zain Bahrain was using consumed high amounts of power, and operational costs. Ericsson’s Enclosure is a multi-purpose site cabinet, which is designed to support a multitude of radio equipment, providing a highly capable power system and battery back-up; all in a streamlined design and minimized footprint to support the cost-efficient expansion of mobile broadband, as well as aligning with the national environmental plan which is part of Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030.

Salah Jalal, Acting Technology Director, Zain Bahrain says: “As a future-focused corporation, Zain is delighted to once again implement Ericsson’s solutions to enhance our capabilities and ensure we continue to stay ahead of the curve both technically and environmentally as we expand. We look forward to the ongoing benefits that this new and improved technology will afford both our customers and ourselves.”

There is an increased focus on energy efficiency, with the cost pressure leading more operators to review their energy bills, and seeking ways of reducing their costs. On a network level, sites are beginning to require intelligent energy management and traffic control.

Wojciech Bajda, Head of Ericsson Gulf Council Countries, says: “At Ericsson we have strived to make the Enclosure 6150 to future-proof sites, and add flexibility for our customers, with rack space readily available for added baseband and PSU capacity. We are committed to lowering the overall total costs for our clients, as well as improving the speed of our units; and supporting the environmental campaigns that are occurring not only in Bahrain, but all over the world.”

Lowering costs was a primary focus when Ericsson was developing the ERS 6150 Enclosure. This was achieved by ensuring there are smart requirement settings and design choices.

Background Information

Ericsson

Ericsson is one of the leading providers of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to service providers, with about 40% of the world’s mobile traffic carried through our networks. We enable the full value of connectivity by creating game-changing technology and services that are easy to use, adopt and scale, making our customers successful in a fully connected world. For more than 140 years, our ideas, technology and people have changed the world: real turning points that have transformed lives, industries and society as a whole.

Company Profile

Zain

Zain is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East. We began life in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator, and since the initiation of our expansion strategy in 2003, we have expanded rapidly. Today, we are a leading mobile voice and data services operator with a commercial footprint in 8 Middle Eastern and Africa countries with a workforce of over 6,000 providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 50 million active individual and business customers as of March 31, 2019.