Thursday, 15 February 2007

Alcatel-Lucent Wins Contract for 2 M GSM Lines with ITI

Alcatel-Lucent and ITI, India's largest telecom equipment manufacturing company, has signed a contract to supply and install 2 million lines for Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) based on wireless communications technology.

This multi-million euro contract covers the expansion of MTNL’s radio access and next-generation core network in Mumbai, India, and is based on Alcatel-Lucent’s GSM/EDGE and W-CDMA/HSPA technologies.

Alcatel-Lucent and ITI have a long-term collaboration agreement for the production and deployment of Alcatel-Lucent’s latest generation GSM/EDGE and W-CDMA/HSPA solutions in India. The technology provided through this new contract will make it possible for MTNL to increase its customer base and deliver high-quality voice and other communications services to its subscribers in Mumbai. MTNL expects to begin commercially offering these services later this year, the company said.