Date:01/03/12
Bharti Airtel Ltd. said Wednesday it has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to build and operate fourth-generation mobile broadband network to offer high-speed Internet services in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
A statement from India's largest mobile phone company by users didn't provide any financial terms. A person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires that the contract is worth EUR100 million.
Nokia Siemens will provide network design, integration, commissioning and optimization services to Bharti for a rapid roll out of the network, the statement said.
Bharti holds broadband licenses in the servie areas of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kolkata and Punjab, which it won by paying close to $740 million to the government in 2010.
Nokia Siemens already manages and maintains the basic and third-generation mobile phone networks for Bharti in eight of India's 22 telecom service areas.
Bharti selects Nokia Siemens to build 4G network
Bharti Airtel Ltd. said Wednesday it has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to build and operate fourth-generation mobile broadband network to offer high-speed Internet services in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.A statement from India's largest mobile phone company by users didn't provide any financial terms. A person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires that the contract is worth EUR100 million.
Nokia Siemens will provide network design, integration, commissioning and optimization services to Bharti for a rapid roll out of the network, the statement said.
Bharti holds broadband licenses in the servie areas of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kolkata and Punjab, which it won by paying close to $740 million to the government in 2010.
Nokia Siemens already manages and maintains the basic and third-generation mobile phone networks for Bharti in eight of India's 22 telecom service areas.
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