Japan's NEC to provide support to Tata Teleservices

SINGAPORE: Japan's NEC Corporation today announced an agreement with Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTL) under which NEC's iPASOLINK platform would be deployed for the transformation of TTL's back-haul mobile transport network.

"As the Indian mobile communication market continues its rapid expansion, operators face the challenge of making significant investments in order to provide next generation mobile broadband services while managing CAPEX and OPEX," said Takayuki Morita, Senior Vice President of NEC.

He added, "This agreement between TTL and NEC proves that mobile operators have the appetite for a single, converged and flexible back-haul platform that they can manage and adapt according to their network service demands."

The iPASOLINK provides customers with an ultra-flexible mobile transport network that can be adapted for next-generation IP-based networks while meeting the current capacity and service demands of customers.

"TTL is now in the process of expanding its network for both coverage and capacity in the mobility and enterprise business segments, which will require back-haul of both TDM and IP traffic.

"Our requirements, therefore, necessitate the deployment of Hybrid Radio in the network. NEC's iPASOLINK platform fully meets these requirements and can be adapted for Next-Generation IP-based networks," said A G Rao, Executive President, Enterprise Business and Technology, TTL.

The iPASOLINK series is the next generation of PASOLINK products.

Since the launch of PASOLINK in the early 1980s, mobile communications have exceptionally expanded and the system has been widely adopted as a microwave communications tool for mobile back-haul, with shipments of approximately 1.7 million units throughout 145 countries, said NEC.