The first six months of 2009 made it clear that the telecom market will resue all in this recession period. Telecom operators started finalising the things and books of vendors were filled with orders. While new operators gave orders for network rollouts the existing players floated teders for network upgradation or new technology introduction.
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Order Detail |
Technology |
Order Price |
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| Huawei |
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BSNL |
03-Mar-09 |
Contract is to set up WiMax-enabled common service centres (CSCs) in 1,000 blocks to provide Internet access in villages.
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WiMax |
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RCOM |
10 march 209 |
Huawei or over one million plug and play (PnP) USB modems. (PnSB modems. The order with Huawei is for USB modems weighing not more than 50 gms and with a Micro Secure Digital Memory card.
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GSM |
300 Crore (Total order value) |
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Unitech Wireless |
11-May-09 |
Huawei India will deploy the end-to-end telecom network for Unitech's telecom venture. The contract covers three circles in southern India -- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. |
GSM |
$225 Million
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BSNL |
15-May-09 |
Huawei bagged contract for 25 million lines for the South Zone from BSNL’s tender for 93 million lines for GSM mobile expansion. |
GSM |
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| IBM |
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SSTL |
01-Jun-09 |
IBM got contract from MTS. IBM will design and build two green data centres one each in Chennai and Gurgaon. The data centre solution being deployed by IBM provides the facility to scale power and cooling automatically depending on the load. IBM will also build a Network Operations Centre (NOC) to help the SSTL team monitor and manage applications and network in a 24/7 environment. |
IT |
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Idea |
29-Jan-09 |
The scope of the eight-year deal with IBM includes integration, transition and migration of existing Spice application, hardware, packages and products to the Idea transformed applications platform. As part of the deal, IBM would manage all IT operations and services for Idea’s business in Punjab and Karnataka. |
IT |
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Bharti Infratel |
10-Apr-09 |
IBM will manage the IT requirements of Bharti’s hived-off tower arm, Bharti Infratel. IBM to bring in a comprehensive architecture that provides benefits to its customers, suppliers and employees |
IT |
250 Crore |
| Alcatel |
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TATA Teleservices |
03-Mar-09 |
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. |
GSM & CDMA |
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Airtel |
30-Apr-09 |
Alcatel Lucent will take manage, build and operate its (Bharti’s) landline business. Alcatel-Lucent will also take on over 4,000 Bharti employees who currently handle its landline business on to its roles. |
Wireline & Broadband |
$500-million |
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Unitech Wireless |
11-May-09 |
The five-year contract, worth $150 million, Alcatel-Lucent would deploy GSM/Edge networks for Unitech in Kerala and Orissa circles. Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will design, deploy and maintain its industry-leading multi-standard GSM/EDGE radio access solution
including its latest Base Station Controller platform and TWIN transceivers, along with a next-generation network (NGN) mobile core network. |
GSM |
$150 Million
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| Ericsson |
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Unitech Wireless |
01-Jun-09 |
Ericsson a contract to roll out and manage its networks in three telecom circles. Ericsson will manage the operator's networks in the circles of Bihar and Eastern and Western Uttar Pradesh for at least five years. |
GSM |
500 $million |
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Radius Synergies |
06-May-09 |
The end-to-end fiber access solution from Ericsson includes EDA 1500 GPON system, which offers the highest capacity on the market, as well as Micronet and Ribbonet air-blown fiber and microcable solutions. The contract also covers implementation, systems integration, consulting, training and support services for Radius synergies. |
FTTH |
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BSNL |
18-May-09 |
BSNL’s 93 million GSM lines expainsion deal Ericsson awarded the contract for 25 million for the North Zone and 18 million lines for the East Zone. |
GSM |
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| ZTE |
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RCOM |
10 march 209 |
ZTE over one million plug and play. ZTE wull supply modems weighing around 40 gms. |
GSM |
300 Crore (Total order value) |
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Loop Telecom |
02-Apr-09 |
ZTE will supply end-to-end network equipment for the roll-out of GSM network of Loop Telecom.deal includes the provision of a comprehensive portfolio of telecommunication equipment and services. “ZTE has been selected as the supplier for the core GSM network, access and service layer. ZTE for rolling out the Pan India GSM network. |
GSM |
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| Telcordia |
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Aircel |
02-Jun-09 |
"Aircel has awarded Telcordia a five-year, multi-million dollar contract for Telcordia Real-Time Charging, a flexible charging and policy control solution for their mobile prepaid subscribers |
GSM |
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Unitech Wireless |
29-Jun-09 |
bagged a contract from Unitech Wireless for supply of pre-paid mobile charging solution across the operator’s pan-Indian GSM network.
The solution essentially acts as meter for pre-paid mobile users and gives subscribers real-time balance charge on the mobile card.
This new contract will be implemented over five years |
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| Gemini Communication |
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BSNL |
03-Mar-09 |
Order for supply, implementation and maintenance of rural mobile Wimax. In the first phase of the project, worth Rs. 67 crore, the Wimax will cover telecom circles of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Orissa. The project will be implemented in 1,000 blocks, providing connectivity to 25,000 villages across the country. The project involves setting up kiosks in the villages and printers, software and personnel for Common Service Centers (CSCs). |
Wimax |
670 million |
| Wipro |
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Unitech Wireless |
05-May-09 |
Wipro Bagged nine-year, multi-hundred million IT outsourcing deal from Unitech Wireless.Wipro will provide a range of IT services and will work with Unitech Wireless right from the launch while taking responsibility for key aspects of the services infrastructure. It will also deploy a Service Delivery Platform (SDP) for Unitech Wireless to deliver services including Multi Channel Access, Real Time Information Delivery, Multimedia Content and value added services. |
IT |
2500 crore |
| HCL |
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BSNL |
25-May-09 |
HCL Wins BSNL IT Deal. HCL will migrate India's telecommunication company's finance, commissioning and operations functions onto a single ERP system. contract involves the implementation of over 60,000 ERP licences, The project rollout includes setting up of the main data centre at Hyderabad and the Disaster Recovery Data Centre at Kolkata. |
IT |
240 crore |
| Aegis BPO |
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Systema Shyam |
28-May-09 |
Sistema Shyam awards BPO contract for East to Aegis BPO, Aegis will handle processes including inbound customer service, inbound retailer help desk, outbound and inbound complaints, handset support, technical help desk and welcome call. Aegis will provide a 35 seat contact centre to be gradually scaled to 150 over the next three months.
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IT |
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| Ceragon Networks |
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TTSL |
08-Jun-09 |
Ceragon has received new orders and will support TTSL in expanding its GSM mobile network to seven new communication seven new circles. that cover a population of nearly 400 million. |
GSM |
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| Sterlite Technologies |
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BSNL |
18-Jun-09 |
Sterlite Technologies, backed by Chinese vendor Huawei, has been awarded contract by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd to roll out the next generation of broadband technology called Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network
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Optical |
250 Crore |
| UTStarcom |
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BSNL |
26-May-09 |
UTStarcom got new contract with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), India’s largest broadband and telecom services company, was extended to support newly-planned expansions of BSNL’s multiplay network. With the new expansion phase, UTStarcom will deploy its B1000 multi-service access node (MSAN) solution throughout India to add approximately 475,000 ports of capacity to BSNL’s existing broadband network, allowing additional subscribers to experience triple-play services. |
Broadband |
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