Vantel opens development center

BANGALORE: The telecom and advance networking company, Vantel Technologies of

Hyderabad has inaugurated its corporate office and development facility in

Bangalore. The company, which already has a product development center in

Hyderabad, will soon shift its headquarters to Bangalore.

Vantel provides services and solutions for the telecom access market and

managed network services. It is planning a flurry of new product launches by

this year-end, which will include digital pair gain systems, HDSL line

concentrators, digital loop carrier systems and a SOHO router switch. The

company also has in pipeline a DSL access multiplexer, scheduled for launch

early next year. These products will be developed at its Bangalore facility.

Vantel has also set up a development center in Malaysia, which will be headed by

CEO and chairman Datuk Wira Mohamed Said Bin Mohamed Ali, who was previously

heading Malaysia Telecom.

While inaugurating the Bangalore center Vantel Technologies CEO Saragur

Srinidhi said, "Our strength at Vantel is in our considerable investment in

research and development for delivering cutting edge technologies. We want to

create intellectual property rights for our products developed in Bangalore."

Vantel started its operations in November 1999 and went public in April this

year. The company, which has around 75 professionals working for it, has

marketing offices in London, San Jose and Kuala Lumpur.