Wednesday, 22 October 2008

BSNL Refreshes Contract With UTStarcom

In a recent announcement BSNL said that it has extended its contract with UTStarcom, a provider of IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and international service and support, to build the second phase of a countrywide multiplay network launched in December 2007.

During this second phase, UTStarcom will deploy its iAN-8000 multiservice access node (MSAN) solution in 962 cities throughout India to enable the addition of 1.1 million new broadband subscriber lines. The network expansion will help BSNL accelerate its existing broadband connections on subscriber lines by more than 30 times the current speed.

UTStarcom deployed 1.3 million broadband subscriber lines during the first phase of BSNL’s multiplay network deployment.

UTStarcom will continue to serve as the turnkey provider for phase two of the deployment, maintaining full responsibility for the network design and planning, deployment, service roll out, and maintenance of the network.

With UTStarcom's ADSL 2+ based broadband solutions, BSNL will be able to extend its offerings of broadband-based, triple-play services such as video-on-demand (VOD), video multicast, VPN services and high-speed Internet services to another 1.1 million broadband subscribers across the country while simultaneously gaining the benefits of network flexibility, scalability for innovation and the opportunity for rapid return on investment.

“This contract extension re-affirms BSNL’s continued trust in UTStarcom’s technology and excellent service and support. We are confident that the continued expansion of this network with the phase two deployment will help BSNL retain and improve on their customer base and revenues,” said Vijay Yadav, vice president and managing director of UTStarcom's South Asia operations.

This deployment also is expected to help India move closer to its goal of 20 million broadband subscribers by 2010.