Nokia bags $275-million Bharti deal

By siliconindia staff writer   |   Thursday, 27 May 2004, 19:30 IST
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MUMBAI: Bharti Tele-Ventures, the countryÂ’s largest GSM mobile phone services provider, said on Thursday it had agreed to outsource the supply, management and maintenance of networks in five circles to Nokia in a deal worth around $275 million. The agreement is for three years, it said in a statement. Bharti, 28-per cent-owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, provides wireless services in 15 of the 23 telecom circles.