HCL wins $600 million deal from Ericsson

BENGALURU: HCL Technologies has won an over $600 million deal from Swedish telecommunications major Ericsson. The contract is for five years. The massive deal bundles infrastructure management, cloud and application services. TCS was the other strong contender for the deal, sources told TOI.

The contract was previously split and executed by multiple vendors. Ericsson has consolidated it now under HCL.

When TOI contacted Ericsson, its spokesperson said, “Ericsson can confirm that it has entered an agreement with a new IT partner, HCL. We refrain to comment further on the particulars of the deal.” An email to HCL did not elicit a response till the time of going to the press.