Alcatel-Lucent bagged major contract from Indian dual technology services provider, Tata Teleservices (TTSL) for the latter’s GSM as well as CDMA based mobile services. The deal spread over 7 years will cover all the 22 circles of operation of TTSL and also cover 60 million subscribers.

Alcatel-Lucent claims that its SDH-based solution will enable Tata Teleservices to deliver data, voice, video and multimedia services with higher reliability and to meet the increasing traffics demands thanks to its scalability. The company’s optical multi-service node solution will help the Indian operator respond very quickly to customers’ requirements, says Alcatel-Lucent.

Alcatel-Lucent also claims that the deployment of its solutions will help TTSL optimize its capex and opex as a common set of tools will manage the overall optical transmission network resulting in cost efficiency. The solution also helps to increase network efficiency and thereby offer more services, says Alcatel-Lucent.

“As a strategic technology partner of Tata Teleservices, Alcatel-Lucent has worked hard to meet our exacting standards as we strive to provide state-of-the-art services to our customers. We are confident that Alcatel-Lucent can help us deliver world-class solutions for our customers and helping us with the advantage in quick, efficient and flexible network” stated Mr. A. G. Rao, Chief Technology Officer, Tata Teleservices Limited.”

“As Indian operators are beginning to engage in content aggregation and distribution, this new contract confirms our commitment to partner with our customers to help them leverage state-of-the-art networks that support their business goals and strategy,” said Vivek Mohan, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s activities in India. “The continued cooperation with Tata Teleservices is taking a new step forward to extend the reach of its offering to deliver Indian subscribers new services with the highest reliability.”