ITI gears up to bid for BSNL’s 4G tender
Plans To Tie Up With Indian Software Giants TechM, TCS
With lengthening clouds over participation of Huawei and ZTE in future telecom contracts, the government is readying ITI to bid for BSNL’s forthcoming tender, in partnership with Indian software giants.
Tech Mahindra (TechM and TCS are among some of the top Indian tech firms that the public sector company — which turned profitable last year after being in the red for 16 years — is in talks to finalise a deal under which ITI provides the hardware, while the software companies use their telecom skills to have a formidable relationship, government sources told TOI.