UTStarcom bags BSNL contract for supplying netring solution

New Delhi, Oct 11 (UNI) IP-based end-to-end networking solutions and services provider company UTStarcom Inc today said it has received a contract to supply its Metro Ethernet Forum-certified NetRing(tm) 10000i STM-64 optical transport solution to the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL).

''BSNL plans to rollout more than six million DSL lines over the next several years while increasing their wireless subscriber base by approximately 25 million people,'' said Vijay Yadav, Managing Director of South Asia Operations at UTStarcom.

This staggering growth is indicative of the rapidly expanding India market, one of the fastest-growing telecommunications markets globally.

The contract represents the third deployment of UTStarcom solutions in the BSNL's nationwide ADSL 2+ network as the operator has already deployed UTStarcom's iAN-8000 and Total Control 1000 multiservice access solutions.

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