NEW DELHI: Finnish Nokia<\/a> and Chinese ZTE<\/a>, the two principal partners of state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL<\/a>), are set to lose fourth-generation or 4G<\/a> network migration and new deployment business to public and private system integrators which have started to rope in homegrown vendors in line with Centre's ambitious Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) initiative.

Both state-run Telecommunications Consultants India (TCIL) and Indian Telephone Industries (ITIL), and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Tech Mahindra, the private sector system integrators are eying to bid for the BSNL's much-awaited 4G gear supply, are in 'advanced discussions' with multiple domestic stakeholders, including gear makers and innovative startups as consortium partners to build an indiginous next-generation telecom infrastructure.

\"We are looking this (BSNL deployment) as a potential opportunity, and will duly submit our proposals as and when the telco comes out with a tender document, and are already in talks with a few local equipment makers to board them for the supply, deployment and maintenance of BSNL's 4G network,\" Rajiv Gupta, chairman, TCIL told ETTelecom.

Domestic vendors, however, continue to worry since they say that a move to a system integrator-driven model has never been tested previously in any of the known telecom deployment initiatives, and fear that such IT services giants, in an ambition to procure 'cost-effective' equipment may knock the Chinese vendors, and re-route their supplies from other east Asian countries in defiance to country's Atmanirbharta (self-reliance) encouraged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In order to expand its existing network to deliver 4G-based services, the state-owned telco is seeking to deploy as many as 7,000 new 5G-ready sites on TDD while aiming to upgrade 49,300 2G and 3G sites on FDD platform. BSNL had to scrap the request for proposal (RFP), it floated on March 23 under phase- IX expansion program following stiff opposition from the local telecom firms and suppliers due to alleged restrictive terms.


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Multinationals Losing Out?
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The radio-access network or RAN supplied to BSNL under phase - VII supports 2G and 3G only with no provision of 4G, but ZTE said that it could upgrade those nodes to 4G. While phase VIII supports all the three generations of technologies and a software plug-in would be required to make it 4G-ready. But, however, it would not make the network 5G-ready. The telco believed that a proprietary migration would be a way forward but favoured inviting bids from multiple gear makers to discourage dependency on a single vendor.

Experts warn that on the basis of a properietery migration, existing partner-vendors such as Nokia and ZTE may have a liberty to quote high prices, and the network progression to a 5G technology which is round the corner, should be viewed in a holistic manner.

While the BSNL can seek bids for 22,500 sites separately - but a system integrator-led strategy would eventually discourage multinational vendors unless they fall in line with the recent policy framework mandating local value addition.

Nokia, on the other hand, is battling to recover close to Rs 1,000 crore from the financially-ailing telco while Swedish Ericsson historically quoted a 'very high price' and remained unsuccessful in previous bids, and is yet to recover its dues from BSNL amounting to Rs 100 crore for supplying equipment under the phase-V GSM expansion program.

Queries to Nokia and ZTE did not elicit any response.

Given the anti-China stand due to ongoing Ladakh standoff, and homegrown vendors rhetoric against equipment dumping, multinational giants Huawei and ZTE may no longer be in a fray to supply equipment to a state-run telecom operator.

Pushing foreign vendors to back foot, public-owned ITI is already preparing to manufacture 4G and 5G eNodeBs and the related network elements, citing it as a part of its efforts to consolidate the various components so that the country's telecom sector relies on local companies to achieve self-reliance. ITI has recently roped in a consultant, and entered into partnerships with Tech Mahindra and TCS, is already planning to undertake proof of concept (PoC) on the BSNL's 2100 MHz spectrum band.

Vocal for Local
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Following India's self-reliance in the backdrop of the revised Preference to Make in India (PMI) policy, the domestic companies which were though exporting their majority of equipment to overseas markets, may see a traction back home through BSNL core and wireless access networks with a tilt towards homegrown ecosystem.

Now, as the local vendors are anxiously eyeing revised terms and conditions in the BSNL's soon-to-go-public bidding document, several equipment companies are racing to become integral part of consortiums aimed to offer end-to-end products and services including installation and maintenance of BSNL's commercial 4G network.

Indian companies that are set to win over BSNL's access and core networks principally include Tejas Networks, Himachal Futuristic Communications, Vihaan Networks, Lekha Wireless, Sterlite Technologies and Signalchip that are also in talks with state-backed and private system integrators.

ITI said that it has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with start-ups like Resonous, Nivetti Systems and Sooktha and is also in discussions with other Indian companies to meet BSNL's end-to-end 4G needs and 5G future requirements through these consortiums.

Based on extensive 5-year research and development (R&D), Bengaluru-based Lekha Wireless offers LTE radio-access network, and has already partnered with Mumbai-based TCS.

\"A chance to domestic companies in BSNL's 4G network should be given. Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured (IDDM) products should get preference otherwise core will still end up being coded and controlled by foreign entities even if equipment is technically made in India,\" the
Telecom Equipment<\/a> and Services Export Promotion Council (Tepc) co-chairman Sandeep Agarwal said.

The Delhi-based group that represents Indian telecom companies said that local gear makers and vendors are also in discussions with the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), a state-owned telecom R&D wing.

Both Rajiv Mehrotra-headed Vihaan Networks and Sanjay Nayak-driven Tejas Networks have been offering equipment in security-prone government-funded network initiatives such as Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) areas, and national fibre backbone BharatNet. The two companies, according to sources, are readying their efforts to scale up capacities, as they are keen to supply equipment to the state-owned telco directly or indirectly via an integrator.

The homegrown companies have also been demanding a level-playing field, and say that private telecom service providers such as Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea should also be mandated to procure locally-made equipment to at least some extent initially.

DoT, BSNL Faceoff
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The difference of opinion between the fourth-largest telco and its administrative department has come to fore, following the latter's technical committee headed by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Member (Technology) K Ramchand recommended a slew of measures to re-float notice inviting tender for network expansion and equipment procurement for 4G commercial services.
The department has blamed the telecom carrier for delaying the 4G rollout after BSNL said that it would re-design the tender document with revised terms and conditions and send it back to the department for vetting, assuming its independence coming under threat.

BSNL is yet to receive a direction from the department after it has raised reservations to the views suggesting domestic companies for core network deployment and discouraging investment in 2G technology, and advocated 4G-only radio network going forward.

In its letter dated October 8, the loss-making telco, which has struggled to keep pace with private operators, and losing its revenue and subscribers to billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio and Sunil Mittal-driven Bharti Airtel, has opposed the suggestions, saying close to 70% of its revenue is contributed by 2G only and using local vendors – whose products are untested – would impact quality of services.

Meanwhile, the service provider has also sought compensation from the government for the loss arising due to non-up-gradation of 36,000 radio from China’s ZTE, which it said would lead to an additional burden of Rs 1,250 crore in capital expenditure, and deterioration of 2G service on account of non-procurement of 2G equipment.


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Atmanirbhar BSNL:诺基亚、中兴通讯将失去4 g业务

芬兰诺基亚与中国中兴通讯,两国有Bharat Sanchar Nigam说公司的主要合作伙伴(BSNL),将失去第四代或4 g网络迁移和新部署业务公共和私人系统集成商在本土厂商已经开始绳与中心的雄心勃勃的Atmanirbhar巴拉特(自力更生印度)倡议。

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新德里:芬兰诺基亚和中国中兴通讯的两个主要合作伙伴国营Bharat Sanchar Nigam说有限公司(BSNL),将失去第四代或4 g网络迁移和部署新业务的公共和私人系统集成商在本土厂商已经开始绳与中心的雄心勃勃的Atmanirbhar巴拉特(自力更生印度)倡议。

印度国营电信咨询公司(TCIL)和印度电话行业(ITIL),塔塔咨询服务公司(TCS)和Tech Mahindra,私营部门系统集成商为竞购期待已久的BSNL 4 g设备供应,与多个国内先进的讨论的利益相关者,包括设备制造商和创新的企业财团的合作伙伴建立一个indiginous下一代电信基础设施。

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“我们正在寻找这(BSNL部署)作为一个潜在的机会,并将适时提交我们的提议,电信与招标文件出来,并已经与一些当地设备制造商向董事会报告的供应,部署和维护BSNL的4 g网络,“拉吉夫•古普塔董事长TCIL告诉ETTelecom。乐动娱乐招聘

然而,国内供应商继续担心因为他们说搬到一个系统integrator-driven模型从未在任何已知的电信测试之前部署计划,担心这样的IT服务巨头,获得的具有成本效益的设备在一个雄心可能敲中国供应商,对光的供应其他东亚国家无视中国Atmanirbharta(自力更生)鼓励总理莫迪。

为了扩大其现有网络提供4 g服务,建设国有电信正寻求部署多达7000新49300 g功能的网站在TDD旨在升级2 g和3 g网站FDD平台。BSNL不得不取消请求建议(RFP),它提出3月23日在第九阶段——扩张计划后的强烈反对当地电信公司和供应商由于所谓的限制性条款。


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跨国公司失去?

提供的无线接入网络或跑下BSNL阶段——七只支持2 g和3 g没有提供4 g,但中兴通讯表示,这些节点升级到4 g。在第八阶段支持所有三代技术和软件插件将需要4 g功能。但是,但是,它不会使网络5 g功能。电信认为专有迁移将前进,但来自多个设备制造商的青睐邀请投标阻碍依赖单一供应商。

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专家警告说,properietery迁移的基础上,现有partner-vendors诺基亚、中兴通讯等可能有自由报高价格,和网络发展为一个5 g技术是在拐角处,应以整体的方式。

虽然BSNL可以寻求报价22500个站点分别,但系统integrator-led策略最终会阻碍跨国供应商,除非他们符合最近的政策框架要求本地值。

诺基亚,另一方面,正在恢复接近1000卢比的财政危机电信在瑞典爱立信历史上引用了一个很高的价格,依然不成功的在以前的报价,和BSNL尚未恢复其费总计100卢比以下提供设备phase-V GSM扩张计划。

查询诺基亚和中兴没有引起任何反应。

鉴于反华站由于持续的拉达克对峙,和本土供应商对设备倾倒,跨国巨头华为和中兴可能不再是在一个竞争国有电信运营商提供设备。

推动外国供应商回脚,公有来已经准备生产4 g和5 g eNodeBs和相关网络元素,以它作为一个努力巩固各种组件的一部分,所以,中国的电信行业依赖于当地企业实现自力更生。来最近说服了一个顾问,和进入与科技合作Mahindra TCS,已经开始计划进行概念证明(PoC) BSNL 2100 MHz频段的乐队。

声音为当地

后印度的自力更生的背景下修改后的偏好在印度(PMI)政策,国内公司的虽然多数设备出口到海外市场,可以看到一个牵引回家通过BSNL核心和无线接入网络倾向于本土的生态系统。

现在,随着当地供应商正在焦急地盯着修订条款和条件BSNL soon-to-go-public的标书,几个设备公司正竞相成为联盟的组成部分旨在提供端到端的产品和服务包括安装和维护BSNL的商业4 g网络。

印度公司将赢得BSNL的访问和核心网络主要包括光辉网络,Himachal未来通信、Vihaan网络,Lekha无线,斯特里特工业公司技术和Signalchip也与国有和私有系统集成商。

来表示,它已经与公司签署了一项谅解备忘录(MoU)像Resonous Nivetti系统和Sooktha并与其他印度公司也在讨论满足BSNL的端到端4 g需要通过这些财团和5克的未来需求。

基于大量的5年研发(R&D)、Bengaluru-based Lekha无线提供LTE无线接入网络,并且已经与孟买TCS。

“国内公司BSNL的4 g网络的机会应该给。自主设计开发和制造(IDDM)产品应该得到优先否则核心仍将最终被外国实体即使设备编码和控制技术是在印度,”电信设备和服务出口促进委员会(Tepc)联合Sandeep Agarwal说。

德里集团代表印度电信公司表示,当地设备制造商和供应商也在讨论的中心发展远程信息处理(C-DoT),国有电信研发翼。

两Rajiv Mehrotra-headed Vihaan网络和桑杰Nayak-driven光辉网络提供设备等security-prone政府资助的网络计划的左翼极端主义(LWE)地区,和国家纤维BharatNet支柱。消息人士称,两家公司也都准备好了努力扩大能力,他们热衷于供应设备的国有电信直接或间接通过一个积分器。

本土公司也被要求一个公平的环境,和说私人电信服务提供商如信实Jio Bharti Airtel和沃达丰的想法也应该强制采购的国产化设备至少某种程度上。

点,BSNL开球

的意见分歧第四大电信及其行政部门已经脱颖而出,在后者的技术委员会由电信部门(点)成员(技术)K Ramchand推荐一系列措施提升通知邀请投标网络扩张和设备采购4 g商业服务。
美国指责推迟4 g的电信运营商推出后BSNL表示,将重新设计的招标文件修订后的条款和条件并将其发送回部门审查,假设其独立性受到威胁。

BSNL尚未从部门接收方向后,提出了保留意见建议国内公司的核心网络部署和抑制投资2 g技术,提倡4 g-only无线电网络。

来信10月8日,亏损的电信,它一直在努力跟上私人运营商,并失去其收入和用户亿万富翁穆克什Ambani-owned依赖Jio和苏尼尔Mittal-driven Bharti Airtel反对建议,称近70%的收入仅由2 g,使用本地供应商的产品是未经测试——会影响服务的质量。

与此同时,服务提供者的政府也寻求赔偿损失产生由于non-up-gradation 36000电台从中国的中兴,称这将导致额外的负担1250卢比在资本支出,和恶化的2 g服务的非采购2 g设备。


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NEW DELHI: Finnish Nokia<\/a> and Chinese ZTE<\/a>, the two principal partners of state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL<\/a>), are set to lose fourth-generation or 4G<\/a> network migration and new deployment business to public and private system integrators which have started to rope in homegrown vendors in line with Centre's ambitious Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) initiative.

Both state-run Telecommunications Consultants India (TCIL) and Indian Telephone Industries (ITIL), and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Tech Mahindra, the private sector system integrators are eying to bid for the BSNL's much-awaited 4G gear supply, are in 'advanced discussions' with multiple domestic stakeholders, including gear makers and innovative startups as consortium partners to build an indiginous next-generation telecom infrastructure.

\"We are looking this (BSNL deployment) as a potential opportunity, and will duly submit our proposals as and when the telco comes out with a tender document, and are already in talks with a few local equipment makers to board them for the supply, deployment and maintenance of BSNL's 4G network,\" Rajiv Gupta, chairman, TCIL told ETTelecom.

Domestic vendors, however, continue to worry since they say that a move to a system integrator-driven model has never been tested previously in any of the known telecom deployment initiatives, and fear that such IT services giants, in an ambition to procure 'cost-effective' equipment may knock the Chinese vendors, and re-route their supplies from other east Asian countries in defiance to country's Atmanirbharta (self-reliance) encouraged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In order to expand its existing network to deliver 4G-based services, the state-owned telco is seeking to deploy as many as 7,000 new 5G-ready sites on TDD while aiming to upgrade 49,300 2G and 3G sites on FDD platform. BSNL had to scrap the request for proposal (RFP), it floated on March 23 under phase- IX expansion program following stiff opposition from the local telecom firms and suppliers due to alleged restrictive terms.


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Unproven 4G gear to increase cost, delay rollout: BSNL tells DoT<\/a><\/h5><\/div>
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BSNL: India&#39;s goal of being Atmanirbhar will require a pound of flesh<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Multinationals Losing Out?
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The radio-access network or RAN supplied to BSNL under phase - VII supports 2G and 3G only with no provision of 4G, but ZTE said that it could upgrade those nodes to 4G. While phase VIII supports all the three generations of technologies and a software plug-in would be required to make it 4G-ready. But, however, it would not make the network 5G-ready. The telco believed that a proprietary migration would be a way forward but favoured inviting bids from multiple gear makers to discourage dependency on a single vendor.

Experts warn that on the basis of a properietery migration, existing partner-vendors such as Nokia and ZTE may have a liberty to quote high prices, and the network progression to a 5G technology which is round the corner, should be viewed in a holistic manner.

While the BSNL can seek bids for 22,500 sites separately - but a system integrator-led strategy would eventually discourage multinational vendors unless they fall in line with the recent policy framework mandating local value addition.

Nokia, on the other hand, is battling to recover close to Rs 1,000 crore from the financially-ailing telco while Swedish Ericsson historically quoted a 'very high price' and remained unsuccessful in previous bids, and is yet to recover its dues from BSNL amounting to Rs 100 crore for supplying equipment under the phase-V GSM expansion program.

Queries to Nokia and ZTE did not elicit any response.

Given the anti-China stand due to ongoing Ladakh standoff, and homegrown vendors rhetoric against equipment dumping, multinational giants Huawei and ZTE may no longer be in a fray to supply equipment to a state-run telecom operator.

Pushing foreign vendors to back foot, public-owned ITI is already preparing to manufacture 4G and 5G eNodeBs and the related network elements, citing it as a part of its efforts to consolidate the various components so that the country's telecom sector relies on local companies to achieve self-reliance. ITI has recently roped in a consultant, and entered into partnerships with Tech Mahindra and TCS, is already planning to undertake proof of concept (PoC) on the BSNL's 2100 MHz spectrum band.

Vocal for Local
<\/strong>
Following India's self-reliance in the backdrop of the revised Preference to Make in India (PMI) policy, the domestic companies which were though exporting their majority of equipment to overseas markets, may see a traction back home through BSNL core and wireless access networks with a tilt towards homegrown ecosystem.

Now, as the local vendors are anxiously eyeing revised terms and conditions in the BSNL's soon-to-go-public bidding document, several equipment companies are racing to become integral part of consortiums aimed to offer end-to-end products and services including installation and maintenance of BSNL's commercial 4G network.

Indian companies that are set to win over BSNL's access and core networks principally include Tejas Networks, Himachal Futuristic Communications, Vihaan Networks, Lekha Wireless, Sterlite Technologies and Signalchip that are also in talks with state-backed and private system integrators.

ITI said that it has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with start-ups like Resonous, Nivetti Systems and Sooktha and is also in discussions with other Indian companies to meet BSNL's end-to-end 4G needs and 5G future requirements through these consortiums.

Based on extensive 5-year research and development (R&D), Bengaluru-based Lekha Wireless offers LTE radio-access network, and has already partnered with Mumbai-based TCS.

\"A chance to domestic companies in BSNL's 4G network should be given. Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured (IDDM) products should get preference otherwise core will still end up being coded and controlled by foreign entities even if equipment is technically made in India,\" the
Telecom Equipment<\/a> and Services Export Promotion Council (Tepc) co-chairman Sandeep Agarwal said.

The Delhi-based group that represents Indian telecom companies said that local gear makers and vendors are also in discussions with the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), a state-owned telecom R&D wing.

Both Rajiv Mehrotra-headed Vihaan Networks and Sanjay Nayak-driven Tejas Networks have been offering equipment in security-prone government-funded network initiatives such as Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) areas, and national fibre backbone BharatNet. The two companies, according to sources, are readying their efforts to scale up capacities, as they are keen to supply equipment to the state-owned telco directly or indirectly via an integrator.

The homegrown companies have also been demanding a level-playing field, and say that private telecom service providers such as Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea should also be mandated to procure locally-made equipment to at least some extent initially.

DoT, BSNL Faceoff
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The difference of opinion between the fourth-largest telco and its administrative department has come to fore, following the latter's technical committee headed by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Member (Technology) K Ramchand recommended a slew of measures to re-float notice inviting tender for network expansion and equipment procurement for 4G commercial services.
The department has blamed the telecom carrier for delaying the 4G rollout after BSNL said that it would re-design the tender document with revised terms and conditions and send it back to the department for vetting, assuming its independence coming under threat.

BSNL is yet to receive a direction from the department after it has raised reservations to the views suggesting domestic companies for core network deployment and discouraging investment in 2G technology, and advocated 4G-only radio network going forward.

In its letter dated October 8, the loss-making telco, which has struggled to keep pace with private operators, and losing its revenue and subscribers to billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio and Sunil Mittal-driven Bharti Airtel, has opposed the suggestions, saying close to 70% of its revenue is contributed by 2G only and using local vendors – whose products are untested – would impact quality of services.

Meanwhile, the service provider has also sought compensation from the government for the loss arising due to non-up-gradation of 36,000 radio from China’s ZTE, which it said would lead to an additional burden of Rs 1,250 crore in capital expenditure, and deterioration of 2G service on account of non-procurement of 2G equipment.


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