Nokia and Airtel join for 3G Network Rollout

Bharti Airtel has selected Nokia Networks to roll out its 3G network in five new telecom circles and network expansion in three telecom circles. In the 4-year contract, Nokia will provide its radio elements and services expertise to power Bharti Airtel's infrastructure.

Abhay Savargaonkar, Director of Network Services Group, Bharti Airtel, said, "We are happy to further extend our long-term association with Nokia Networks towards innovating our network's service delivery mechanism and deliver a host of multi-media apps as well as services for Airtel customers. We see this association underscoring Airtel's constant focus on building a world-class, next-generation smartphone network for its customers."

Sandeep Girotra, Vice-President & Head of India Market, Nokia Networks, said, "With this project, we have further strengthened Bharti's 3G proposition in 8 business-critical circles in India including 5 new circles, adding yet another dimension to our collaboration which continues to gain momentum with such strategic engagements."

Details of the deal at a glance:

Network planning and optimization, network implementation, network operations, project management and care services, including hardware and software maintenance as well as competence development

Compact and energy-efficient Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station, a software-defined radio platform complemented with Flexi Lite Base Station, a small all-in-one base station optimized for indoor and outdoor micro-cell deployments with superior capacity and coverage in densely crowded areas

Extremely compact, highly scalable and flexible multi-technology, all-IP multicontroller RNC (mcRNC)

NetAct, a cloud-ready virtualized OSS, for effective and consolidated monitoring and optimization