The Hindu Business Line : Lucent bags Tata Tele deal

LUCENT Technologies has announced that it has been awarded a contract worth $30 million to support the CDMA network expansion of Tata Teleservices in Andhra Pradesh.

As per the arrangement, the company will provide equipment, software and services to increase the coverage and capacity of Tata's network in this market. Further, Lucent will supply Tata Teleservices with its Flexent base stations that support 3G CDMA2000 1X service as well as upgrades for its mobile switching centres.

The Chief Technology Officer, Tata Teleservices, Mr Ajay Madan, in a statement said: "We are rapidly expanding across circles and increasing our range of value-added services. Lucent's deployment of CDMA spread-spectrum technology, coupled with its customer support capabilities in India were key factors in our decision to select Lucent for this project."

This contract builds on Lucent's relationship with Tata Teleservices on its CDMA network since 1997.

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