Vodafone Idea Selects Tejas Networks to Scale Up Backhaul Network for 4G and 5G Deployments

Tejas Networks announced on Tuesday (December 10) that it has secured a three-year contract with Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) to supply its TJ1400 and TJ1600 packet and optical transmission products. The agreement aims to strengthen VIL’s backhaul capacity and improve network performance across multiple telecom circles in India, supporting the company’s nationwide 4G and 5G rollouts.

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Towards Vodafone Idea 2.0

Jagbir Singh, CTO of Vodafone Idea, highlighted, “As VIL accelerates its pan-India 4G and 5G rollouts, it is critical to upgrade our backhaul network to be scalable, robust and future-ready to efficiently manage the expected growth in data traffic and rising bandwidth demands. We are pleased to welcome Tejas Networks as our wireline network partner in this journey towards VIL 2.0. Their state-of-the-art PTN and OTN products will play a key role in delivering a superior service experience for our customers.”

Tejas Networks to Play Key Role

Anand Athreya, CEO of Tejas Networks said, “We are proud to be selected as a partner of Vodafone Idea as they embark on an exciting journey to expand and create a nationwide 4G and 5G network in India. We believe that this is a reflection of our ability to design highly flexible and well-differentiated products that consistently align with the evolving needs of top-tier communication service providers such as VIL while drastically lowering the cost and energy per bit.”

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