India’s domestic telecom equipment maker Tejas Networks has been selected by Bharti Airtel to enhance the telecom operator’s optical network capacity in key metropolitan markets.
As per the deal, Tejas will supply, install and support its optical transmission products for extending Airtel’s optical networks towards the edge, supporting 5G backhaul, business-to-business (B2B) services and broadband applications.
Under this new contract, Tejas will provide multi-terabit TJ1600 DWDM/OTN products to augment Airtel’s metro network capacity right up the network edge.
Over time Airtel has been making significant investments in expanding its metropolitan network capacity as part of its 5G readiness. Also, for catering to the increased bandwidth consumption by fixed-line and enterprise customers.
Bharti Airtel chief technology officer Randeep Sekhon said in the statement, “We are delighted to partner with Tejas in this key network intervention that will enable us to deliver a world-class experience to our customers,”
“We are delighted to expand our decade-long partnership with Airtel. We are happy to see that our TJ1600 platform, with its “pay-as-you-grow” modular design supporting 100Gbps to 600Gbps wavelengths and a universal OTN/DWDM architecture offering advanced bandwidth expansion and optimisation, is gaining significant traction among leading telecom service providers around the globe,” said Tejas Network’s managing director and CEO, Sanjay Nayak.
Tejas has a presence in 75 countries. It designs, develops and sells high-performance networking products to telecommunications service providers, internet service providers, utilities, defence, and government entities. In July, its controlling stake was acquired by the Tata group for Rs 1,890 crore.