Bharti Airtel has awarded a $700 million network expansion con tract to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN).

Bharti Airtel has awarded a $700 million network expansion contract to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). The GSM network expansion will cover eight circles –? Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand, Orissa, and Kolkata and West Bengal –? where NSN already provides equipment and managed services for Bharti Airtel. The contract includes network planning, implementation and project management, handling of local logistics and materials as well as system integration for the base station sites.