TTSL Teams Up With Nokia Siemens Networks For GSM Roll Out

Tata Teleservices (TTSL) has partnered with Nokia Siemens Networks for its pan-India GSM network roll out. Under the terms of the partnership, Nokia Siemens Networks has been identified as one of the main vendors that will manage the operations of the networks it deploys over a period of five years. Managed services forms just one portion of the vast scope of the deal—the complete services outlay includes local supplies, network planning, project management, network roll out and systems integration activities across the national network.

Anil Sardana, managing director, Tata Teleservices, said, “As we gear up for our GSM launch, the need of the hour is to provide quick time-to-market services that ensure better network quality and uptime. In keeping with this mission, we feel suitably aligned to Nokia Siemens Networks, which, with its extensive services set-up in the country, can provide us the required support.”

In addition to its services record, Nokia Siemens Networks was selected on the basis of its mobile softswitching solution, its Home Location Register, based on its advanced Subscriber Data Management platform and its energy-efficient Flexi Base Station. TTSL will also deploy the company’s packet core solution, including the Flexi Intelligent Service Node, for all 22 circles in the country, enabling it to offer ubiquitous mobile Internet access across subscriber segments.

Nokia Siemens Networks will thus be responsible for GSM services across a majority of TTSL’s 22 telecom circles in India.