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Will boost the network and service performance while keeping pace with
customers’ growing appetite for data and bandwidth extensive
applications
Paris, May 31, 2012 - Bharti Airtel, a leading global
telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and
Africa has selected Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) to create
Internet protocol (IP) access network – based on Carrier Ethernet technology
(CEN) - thereby enabling the operator to deliver faster mobile broadband speeds
to its customers. This IP network will allow Bharti Airtel to meet the surging
bandwidth requirements of customers while accessing data, video and Internet
services on an array of devices, such as smart-phones, tablets and
laptops.
Jagbir Singh, Director – Network Services Group, Bharti Airtel said,
“Given the exponential growth in the uptake of data in India, we thought it is
the right time for us to transition to a scalable IP-based access network for
reasons of both cost and performance. With this we will usher in the next level
of user experience that brings alive high-bandwidth applications such as
high-speed Internet, interactive TV, mobile video blogging and many more.
Alcatel Lucent's IP/MPLS solutions currently operating on our network have been
able to manage our data delivery requirements and we are convinced on the
scalability aspect of the proposed solution.”
Munish Seth, President and Managing Director, Alcatel-Lucent India said,
“We are delighted that Bharti Airtel has chosen Alcatel-Lucent to provide a
consistent level of quality in delivering broadband services and voice to all
their subscribers. It puts them in a great position to face the challenges of
increased bandwidth demand as the millions of their customers discover the
power and appeal of the mobile internet for data access, social interaction,
gaming and mobile television to name just some of the available options.
It is a whole new world and Bharti Airtel is ready for its challenges and
we are delighted to partner with Bharti Airtel in this journey”
With ever growing 'data' demand for both personal & enterprise broadband
services set to soar further, Bharti Airtel's move to create a CEN
(carrier-grade Ethernet)-based IP access network will help the company to offer
its customers various services such as video streaming, high speed data ,
social network-based applications, online gaming, video conferencing and online
collaboration. Additionally this network would also be catering to the DSL
broadband as well as 2G/3G/4G voice and data traffic making it a true converged
network.
The key elements of the Bharti Airtel mobile backhaul network are
Alcatel-Lucent’s 7750 Service Router, 7705 Service Aggregation Router (SAR) and
5620 Service Aware Manager. They are the cornerstones of Alcatel-Lucent’s
leading Mobile Backhaul solution,
offering a highly scalable, converged (support for 2G, 3G, and 4G/LTE) and
reliable end-to-end solution deployed by more than 120 operators
globally.
About Bharti Airtel Limited
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading integrated telecommunications company
with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New
Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 5 mobile service providers
globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings
include 2G, 3G and 4G services, fixed line, high speed broadband through DSL,
IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long
distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G
mobile services. Bharti Airtel had over 253 million customers across its
operations at the end of April 2012. To know more please visit,  www.airtel.com
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