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Tejas inks pact with ITI
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 19:30 IST
BANGALORE: Tejas Networks India Ltd., a leader in next-generation SDH products announced today that it has signed a technical collaboration agreement with ITI Limited for its TJ100 series of Next-generation SDH products for STM-1, STM-4 and STM-16 capacity.
ITI is India's premier telecom equipment manufacturing company, which pioneered the growth of telecommunications in India for more than five decades. Having contributed to over 70% of the existing Indian network, the state-owned company offers a complete range of telecom products covering the whole spectrum of switching, transmission, access and subscriber premises equipment.
"For our next-generation SDH product range, we were looking for a technology partner who has the latest cost effective solutions. After careful evaluation of multiple global companies, we chose to partner with Tejas Networks India Ltd., who have done a commendable job in designing and developing leading edge next-generation SDH products", said CMD, ITI, Shri Y.K. Pandey. "We expect that Tejas' strength in R&D will complement our manufacturing and marketing strengths to create a winning combination".
India is one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world. As the tele-density increases from the current level of 6 to 10 (per hundred) in the next few years, there will be tremendous demand to expand the optical networks forming the foundation of all telecommunications services. Globally, Next-generation SDH is the technology of choice for building these next generation optical networks, which seamlessly carry voice, data, and video traffic simultaneously.
With this partnership, Tejas dramatically expands its coverage of the Indian optical market. "We are very excited that ITI selected us to be their partner, ahead of other leading global players. The significant successes we have achieved in the Indian as well as international markets, confirms our strategy of developing technically advanced, but cost-effective products that provide the maximum value to our customers", said Sanjay Nayak, Co-founder & CEO, Tejas Networks.