Articles tagged with: Delhi and Nokia Siemens Networks

Alcatel-Lucent May be Back-Up Vendor to Huawei's Indian Contract

More confusion over BSNL's mammoth GSM network tender after it emerged that Alcatel-Lucent may be asked to act as a back-up vendor for the contract awarded to Huawei covering the southern end of the country. The telco was told by the Department of Telecoms to be particularly vigilant when testing Huawei supplied hardware to ensure there are no exploits in the software installed at the request of the Chinese government.  more

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UPDATE: India's BSNL Confirms $4.5 Billion GSM Contract

NEW delhi -(Dow Jones)- India's state-run telecommunications operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam is set to award equipment makers Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks an estimated $4.5 billion to $4.7 billion combined contract in the next couple of days, a senior official said Thursday. more

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