Testing and measurement solutions provider Spirent Communication is readying itself to cater to Indian operators once they start migrating to fourth generation (4G) telecom networks. The UK-based company which serves customers such as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Tata Teleservices, Reliance Communications and Bharti Airtel among others, has recently quadrupled its lab space in India, to enabled itself for the 4G data and handset testing market in India, according to news reports. The 4G roll-out in India is expected to happen in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Chris Wiese, chief operating officer, Spirent Communications commented, “We expect the Indian operators to roll out the fourth generation services towards the last quarter of next year. This requires a lot of testing in terms of data migration and security to the next generation of network which will enable high speed data usage. Our understanding and long association with the operators here will help us to test their next generation network.?
He added that Spirent, which competes with companies like Tektronix, JDSU, Agilent, Fluke in equipment testing space, now controls about 60 per cent of around $30 million wireline and wireless testing market in India. This includes the network data testing and handset testing. The global market for the same is estimated at about $2 billion. The company is in the process of making the telecom carriers understand the technologies like 3G and Long Term Evolution (LTE) and our expertise in this space.
According to H.S. Bhaskar, country manager, Spirent Communications, India, ?The telecom networks in India are fast moving towards newer technologies. Because of our global expertise in managing operators to test their network to migrate into fourth generation telecom networks, we hope to help the Indian telecos to migrate to 4G with a lot more ease.?
