IBM bags Rs 70 cr BSNL deal

BANGALORE, INDIA: IBM has announced that it has bagged Rs 70 crore BSNL deal from UTStarcom to provide networking solutions and services for the deployment of 2.8 million lines of DSLAM in 900 cities throughout India.

BSNL will use the network to deliver real-time applications and high-speed Internet, and to effectively handle increasing broadband subscriber traffic. The solution will enable BSNL to offer new broadband-based, multi-play services such as IPTV, video on demand (VoD), video multicast, VPN services, and high-speed Internet services across the country.

UTStarcom will serve as the turnkey provider for this deployment and will maintain responsibility for the design, planning, deployment, service roll out and maintenance of the network. IBM India will leverage its solutions to provide the necessary IT infrastructure for the network, including OSS/BSS components.

“The robust SOA-based architecture that IBM will implement will help BSNL meet the challenge of supporting a distributed OSS/BSS environment,” said Vivek Gupta, vice president of telecom, IBM India. “IBM brings experience and expertise through its large resource base in India and a proven credibility in our delivery model for telecom operators.”

Contract signed at the end of March 2007, IBM will implement an SOA architecture that will integrate the components of BSNL’s geographically dispersed operational support systems. The solution will leverage IBM’s Websphere Business Integration Suite message broker as part of the SOA connectivity and reuse strategy.