--Projects to Provide Data Services to Remote
Rural Areas----UT Products are Key Component of Massive Service
Provisioning----Showcase Example Projects for Digital India
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UTStarcom (“UT” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ:UTSI), a global
telecommunications infrastructure provider, today announced two
significant Wi-Fi project wins in India with Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited (“BSNL”), a large public sector company that provides a
comprehensive range of telecom services in India. BSNL is one
of the Company’s major customers in the region.
Internet Connectivity for Over 1,000 Village clusters
Across 7 States
UTStarcom is assisting BSNL in providing high-speed data
services to over 1,000 remote village clusters in Northern and
North Eastern India. Using a combination of satellite links
and Wi-Fi hotspots mainly powered by solar, hundreds of thousands
of residents will soon have modern broadband internet access.
This project is one of the first to bring modern telecom
infrastructure to remote locations and is a showcase example for
developing the government’s “Digital India Program”.
UTStarcom will provide all of the Wi-Fi equipment for the
project, including Wireless Access Points, Power over Ethernet
(PoE) Switches, Wireless Controllers and other related components
and services.
Large-scale Rural Public Wi-Fi Hotspot
Network
Through the partnership with ITI Limited, a government-owned
manufacturer of telecommunications equipment in India, UTStarcom is
also assisting BSNL in implementing a massive public hotspot
network in rural India. Utilizing their existing network of
rural telephone exchanges, BSNL will install 25,000 Wi-Fi hotspots
across wide areas of rural India. The network is designed to
provide inexpensive data services to the rural population in
underserved regions and is another showcase project for
implementing Digital India.
Wi-Fi equipment will be supplied by several vendors, including
UTStarcom. UT will again provide Wireless Access Points,
Power over Ethernet (PoE) Switches, Wireless Controllers and other
related components and services.
UTStarcom Chief Executive Officer Mr. Tim Ti commented, “These
project wins demonstrate our technology leadership and strong
competitive advantage in wireless networking. Our partnership
with BSNL as they implement these types of projects makes India a
very attractive market for us. We have made significant
investments in the region, compiling a great track record of
assisting our customers in achieving their objectives. We
have a strong team in India and our products and services continue
to help our customers meet evolving technical requirements in a
cost-effective manner.”
Mr. Anupam Shrivastava, Chairman & Managing Director of
BSNL, commented, “As one of the leading telecom service providers
in India, BSNL is also involved in the implementation of various
Government initiatives to drive Digital India progress, thus
helping to make access to modern telecommunications services
available to citizens across India. Providing Wi-Fi services in
rural areas, remote locations and across tough terrains are just
few of such initiatives. Naturally, such projects are sensitive and
require from us and our partners the highest level of
responsibility in order to meet technical and timeframe
requirements. Based on our long-term experience with UTStarcom, we
see the company as a reliable technology partner in this type of
project.”
Highlighting the strategic partnership with UTStarcom, Shri
Alagesan, Chairman & Managing Director of ITI Limited,
commented, “As a global telecom infrastructure provider, UTStarcom
focuses on delivering carrier-class broadband transport and access
products and solutions. Our partnership with UTStarcom aims
at the supply, installation, commissioning, operation and
maintenance of 25,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots in the rural telephone
exchanges of BSNL on a turnkey basis. This project is under
execution in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Punjab with the WLC at Pune,
and is expected to be completed by the end of January 2019.”
About UTStarcom Holdings Corp.
UTStarcom is committed to helping network operators offer their
customers the most innovative, reliable and cost-effective
communication services. UTStarcom offers high performance
advanced equipment optimized for the most rapidly growing network
functions, such as mobile backhaul, metro aggregation and broadband
access. UTStarcom is further leveraging its technology
expertise to bring smart networked products to new applications,
such as its goBox automated refrigerated dispenser for retail
stores. Based in Hangzhou China, UTStarcom has operations and
customers around the world, with a special focus on Japan and
India. UTStarcom was founded in 1991 and listed its shares on
the Nasdaq Market in 2000 (symbol: UTSI). For more
information about UTStarcom, please visit
http://www.utstar.com.
About BSNL
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. was incorporated on 15th September
2000. It took over the business of providing of telecom
services and network management from the erstwhile Central
Government Departments of Telecom Services (DTS) and Telecom
Operations (DTO), with effect from October 1st 2000 on going
concern basis. It is one of the largest & leading public
sector units providing comprehensive range of telecom services in
India. BSNL has installed Quality Telecom Network in the
country and now focusing on improving it, expanding the network,
introducing new telecom services with ICT applications in villages
and winning customer's confidence. BSNL is one of major
service providers in its license area. The company offers wide
ranging and most transparent tariff schemes designed to suit every
customer. BSNL has set up a world class multi-gigabit,
multi-protocol convergent IP infrastructure that provides
convergent services like voice, data and video through the same
Backbone and Broadband Access Network. The company has vast
experience in planning, installation, network integration and
maintenance of switching and transmission networks and also has a
world class ISO 9000 certified Telecom Training Institute.
About ITI Limited
ITI Limited is a public sector undertaking in the
telecommunications technology segment. The company has
manufacturing facilities in Bengaluru, Naini, Rae Bareli, Mankapur
and Palakkad along with an R&D centre in Bengaluru and 8
regional offices in India, which were located at Bengaluru,
Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and New
Delhi as well as 17 area offices spread across the country. ITI a
diverse suite of products including defense security encryption
products; optical and data network products and passive
infrastructure products such as gigabit passive optical network and
manage leased line products; multi-capacity encryption units,
electrical products such as smart energy meters, smart cards, solar
panels, set-top boxes and mini personal computers and Internet of
Things products. Besides offering the telecom solutions and
customized support, ITI has dedicated a Network System Unit for
executing turnkey projects for installation and commissioning of
telecommunication networks. The company intends to upgrade and
invest in the technology, through the acquisition of technology
from strategic partners with a specific focus on high growth
industry segments. The company operates a data centre at Bengaluru
and currently also offers its services to government
institutions/departments, banks etc..
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
UTStarcom Holdings Corp.Tel: +852-3951-9757
Ms. Fei Wang, Director of Investor Relations Email:
fei.wang@utstar.com
Ms. Ning Jiang, Investor RelationsEmail: njiang@utstar.com
In the United States:
The Blueshirt Group Mr. Ralph FongTel: +1 (415) 489-2195Email:
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