Indian and foreign equipment vendors are bidding for the contract to supply telecom equipment worth Rs 5 billion to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, say news reports.
According to reports, Indian companies such as Prithvi Information Solutions and the Sterlite Group and foreign vendors such as Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and ZTE are in the race.
BSNL is upgrading its countrywide landline network. The operator is likely to select two vendors for replacing its 38,000-odd fixed-line exchanges with next generation network equipment.
Currently, the majority of BSNL’s fixed-line exchanges are running on C-DoT technology. It is upgrading these to support broadband and value added services for its wireline subscribers.
