NEW DELHI: State-run telecom research and development (R&D) firm Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) together with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and homegrown Tejas Networks, is likely to deploy India's first indigenous 4G network for state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) as rival consortiums have backed out from trials following technical failures.
"It is learnt that multiple consortiums other than TCS-CDoT-Tejas have refused to further undertake field trials due to integration issues with partners supplying core network technology," an industry source told ETTelecom, adding that BSNL is planning to forfeit their security deposit of Rs 5-crore each.
In July this year, the state-run telco issued a letter of intent to five eligible bidders mandated to use Indian core technology while deploying next generation networks. These include L&T, Tech Mahindra, TCS and HFCL.
"This (4G deployment) will be historical, and we are confident that with necessary support from the Department of Telecommunications in line with the Atmanirbhar vision, we will be able to not only fulfill BSNL's current needs but can compete worldwide with our proven technology," Rajkumar Upadhyay, executive director and Board chairman, C-DoT told ETTelecom.
C-DoT, as a part of arrangement, is testing its core network together with Bangalore-based Tejas's radio equipment and billing and other software components from TCS in Ambala and Chandigarh.
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