Parallel Wireless To Double Workforce In India; Plans To Grab A Bigger Share Of The Indian Market

On the back of increasing business prospects in the Indian market, US-headquartered Parallel Wireless is planning to double its workforce in its two offices in India at Pune and Bengaluru. The company is already working with a number of Indian companies in telecom military and public safety industries. Parallel Wireless now hopes to increase its engagement with the Indian telcos to help them in addressing the rural market as well as to address the urban challenges such as coverage, capacity and call drops.

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Its solutions are especially geared to address the rural market. “Technical factors, like backhaul availability, make rural deployment tough. Rural networks require low-cost, low-maintenance and easy to deploy solutions. The telcos need to downsize the total cost structure, from RAN, tower, and backhaul to power and site rental fees, to take advantage of the rural opportunity,” says Rajesh Mishra, Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Parallel Wireless. (See: An Exclusive Interview with small cell maker Parallel Wireless Co-founder, Rajesh Mishra.)

Indian service providers have largely focused on the urban markets at the expense of the rural part of the country. Low ARPU and low return on investment spread over a long period have ensured that overall teledensity continues to be low in rural areas.

“Rural market demands an entirely different approach for network deployment. Low population density, challenging terrain all add to the problems of setting up a rural network. The high cost of setting up a network is further compounded by a low return on investment and high network maintenance cost, making it unviable for the telcos to deploy the network in the country’s hinterland,” explains Mishra.