Ceragon Ships Additional Backhaul Solutions to India's Idea Mobile
Idea Cellular is deploying Ceragon's FibeAir solutions as part of a new network expansion into India's Bihar region. Ceragon will power Idea's network with high-capacity microwave backhaul solutions, enabling the operator to support the increasing number of mobile service subscribers. Revenue from this recent sale tops $3 million.
Idea Cellular has been deploying and using Ceragon's high-capacity backhaul solutions for nearly four years. Idea provides services in 11 of the India's 22 service areas - or circles - and holds licenses to operate in all of the circles making it a pan India Operator.
"Idea is one of the fastest growing mobile companies in India and we are determined to maintain our fast pace going forward," said Anil Tandan, CTO of Idea Cellular. "We have been using Ceragon's high-capacity wireless backhaul equipment for several years and are very happy with their performance and reliability. When the time came to select a backhaul equipment vendor for the new expansion in Bihar, we knew that we could depend on Ceragon to deliver quality solutions in the right time frame."
Posted to the site on 17th June 2008
