"The cooperation is aimed at enabling XL to better focus on its core business as a service provider," XL President Director Hasnul Suhaimi said in a press statement on Monday.
By focusing on its core business, XL hoped it would be able to answer future industrial challenges and get assurance of quality networks which were very vital to ensure the continuity of its business, he said.
He said the appointment of Huawei as XL`s partner was based on the evaluation of the tender participated in by a number of leading communication network companies.
"Huawei meets all the qualifications set by XL, including its experience in managing networks and its capacity to maintain the quality of XL`s reliable networks so that the quality of XL`s telecommunication services for its customers can be increased," he said.
Under the contract, Huawei which specializes in providing solution to information and communication technology will manage the operation of XL`s 2G/3G mobile network services including network operations center (NOC), field of operations (FOP), network performance management (NPM) and spare parts management service owned by XL.
The contract also requires the transfer of 1,200 employees from XL to Huawei.
XL gave the assurance that the employees` rights would be fulfilled according to the existing regulation, he said. (*)
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