India’s premier telecom public sector company ITI Ltd has bagged an advance purchase order (APO) of ₹3,889 crore from BSNL for the latter’s 4G roll-out.
The scope of work includes planning, engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of 4G mobile network for 23,633 sites in the West Zone of BSNL. The deal will include a nine-year annual maintenance contract (AMC).
ITI officials said the supply period would be 18-24 months with a warranty of 12 months. TCS will be the consortium partner. As part of the contract, ITI will manufacture the radio access network (RAN).