MTNL has awarded a contract for an additional 400,000 GSM lines to Motorola. This, according to the company, is a temporary solution to address the urgent requirement for additional capacity in both Delhi and Mumbai. The Motorola deal comes against the backdrop of MTNL’s global tender for 2 million additional lines for Delhi and a contract worth Rs 7.5 billion awarded to ITiAlcatel for the same number of lines for Mumbai. For Motorola, this is its second deal with MTNL. In 2004, the company had won a contract to supply 800,000 GSM lines to MTNL.
