Nokia Siemens Networks wins BSNL contract for rural broadband service

Our Corporate Bureau
11 October 2007

Part of a greenfield rural project, the new access network's high bandwidth will allow BSNL to deliver high data and triple play intensive services such as `video on demand', `video multi cast', IPTV, video conferencing and VPN et cetera to its customers.

The network will also enable BSNL to provide connectivity to CSCs (community service centres) and other e-governance locations, Nokia Siemens said in a press release.

The two-year agreement includes supply, installation and commissioning, training and annual maintenance contract for five years. Financial details of the two-year deal were not disclosed.

Nokia Siemens Networks will deploy its gigabit Ethernet-capable IP DSLAMs Surpass hiX5625 (digital subscriber line access multiplexers) and chassis based access switch (Surpass hiD6615).

The company will also supply end-user devices that will enable BSNL to provide speeds of up to 24Mbps for ADSL2+ subscribers over its existing copper infrastructure. The first phase of new lines deployment will be completed by the first quarter of 2008.

"As the largest broadband service provider, BSNL is suitably poised to usher in the next phase of the telecom revolution in India by delivering high-speed broadband services to the consumer doorstep. The BSNL rural broadband project will bridge digital divide and connect 20,000 villages in India," Kuldeep Goyal, chairman and managing director of BSNL, said.