UTStarcom announced bagging a Rs 300 crore broadband contract from BSNL for the latter’s expansion plans involving network enhancement to support 1.1 million subscribers.

UTStarcom said that the order is an extension of a similar project it had implemented for BSNL which involved deploying solution for broadband network that supported 1.3 million subscribers.

UTStarcom says after the completion of the network enhancement, BSNL will be able to offer broadband speeds at about 30 times the current speed.

“We worked closely with BSNL to successfully complete Phase I of this multi-play broadband network and we are pleased that the company has chosen to extend its relationship with us for Phase II of the deployment,” said Mr Vijay Yadav, Vice-President and Managing Director of UTStarcom’s South Asia operations.

“The existing broadband connection on current networks uses the ‘Plain Old Telephone System’ (POTS) that delivers only 64 kilobits per second (kbps) of broadband speed. The new ADSL 2+ technology provided by UTStarcom will provide speeds beyond 8 mega bits per second (mbps), which is more than 30 times faster than the existing speed,” said UTStarcom.