NOKIA is a Finnish multinational communications and information technology company. Recently it got into hands of Microsoft but failed to raise itself to that level.
However, the Finnish company is expected to make a great comeback soon along with one of the largest telecom network Bharti Airtel which recently announced the collaboration for a $60 million contract to launch VoLTE in the upcoming smartphones.
Based on a deal in 2015, when Nokia announced the 4-year deal with Airtel India for rolling out 3G network.
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has selected Nokia Networks to roll out its 3G network in 5 new telecom circles and network expansion in 3 existing telecom circles*. Under the 4-year contract, the company will provide its radio elements and services expertise to power Bharti Airtel's infrastructure.
– From Nokia Blog
This year after the launch of Jio sim across the country, made a rush in telecom industry leading to compete the major telecom operators like Idea,Vodafone and Airtel. This competition lead Airtel to get a new deal with Nokia.
Features Nokia will deploy for this deal
- Nokia will deploy its 4G FDD-LTE & TD-LTE technology across nine of Bharti Airtel's circles in India including the regions of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rest of Bengal, Odisha, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Kerala and UP East, serving major cities such as Lucknow, Ahmendabad, Patna and Siliguri
- Nokia will also expand the operator's 3G network in eight of the territories as part of this rollout and modernization of legacy 2G BTS
- The rollout uses Nokia's radio access with Single RAN technology for FDD-LTE and TD-LTE
Nokia will provide professional services including network integration and network planning and optimization. Seems that people with soon enjoy the benefits of the deal but still there is a time gap and we are not aware of the time of the launch.
However, Nokia's leading radio access technology and services expertise to expand 4G capacity and coverage will further increase the quality of service for subscribers.