Cisco Systems is digging deeper into the Indian market, as it prepares for an explosion in telecommunications spending there.
“There is tremendous opportunity in India,” said Jayshree Ullal, senior vice president at Cisco. “We have been working closely with all the premier carriers in India to provide them with packet gear. The next five years will be India’s time to establish its IP (Internet Protocol) infrastructure.”
Bharti Infotel, a subsidiary of Bharti Tele-Ventures, one of four major telecom providers in India, announced Wednesday that it has chosen Cisco to be the main equipment supplier to build its IP-based multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network. The carrier will be using Cisco 12000, , 7300 and 7200 series routers and its Catalyst 4500 series switches.
MPLS is a technology that tags IP packets and creates secure tunnels for traffic through the network. Carriers using the technology can reduce operating expenses by sharing bandwidth resources across the network. The technology also allows them to offer new revenue services, such as virtual private networks (VPNs).
The data and broadband group of Bharti Infotel already serves the top 500 corporations in the country, but the carrier hopes that the new MPLS service will attract even more business customers.
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