Bharti Airtel awards NSN LTE contract in India

Bharti Airtel has selected Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) to build and operate its forthcoming LTE network in Maharashtra, one of the country’s largest telecom circles.

The cellco in India will deploy its LTE network in the 2.3GHZ frequency band allocated by the Indian government for broadband wireless access technologies.

NSN will provide network design, integration, commissioning and optimisation services to the operator for rapid roll-out of the network and a full set of services including hardware, software and competence development services. It will use its Global Network Solutions Centre at Noida in India, which is already supporting TD-LTE networks globally, to remotely deliver services.