Leading Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel has selected Ericsson India, Nokia Siemens and Huawei to help launch 3G services in India.
“These partners will plan, design, deploy and maintain a state of the art 3G HSPA Network in Bharti Airtel’s 3G…
Leading Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel has selected Ericsson India, Nokia Siemens and Huawei to help launch 3G services in India.
“These partners will plan, design, deploy and maintain a state of the art 3G HSPA Network in Bharti Airtel’s 3G licence circles,” the company explained in a statement.
Earlier this month, Bharti secured, in an auction, bandwidth to roll out 3G services in 13 of India’s 22 circles. According to the statement, “Bharti Airtel has awarded the majority of the 3G licence circles to Ericsson India. With this, Ericsson continues to be Bharti’s largest network partner across 2G and 3G circles in the country.”
According to a company’s spokesman cited by Reuters, Bharti has given seven zones to Ericsson, and three each to Nokia and Huawei.
Length and value of the contracts were not disclosed in the statement. The company could not be reached for comment.
