Sterlite Wins $26.7 Million Fiber Optic Cable Contract From BSNL

Sterlite Technologies, a provider of optical fibers, has won two contract wins worth $26.7 million with Indian telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam to provide fiber optic cable and copper telecoms cable, respectively. As per customer requirements, the deliveries are scheduled between July-December 2008.

The first contract is for Sterlite’s Ribbon-Lite 96F ribbon fiber optic cables, which Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) will install in about 900 city sites across the country in the rapidly growing FTTx (fiber-to-the-’x') applications sector.

The second contract is for a range of 10 to 2000-pair copper telecoms cables. These cables will also be installed at sites across India, to support the nation’s growing demand for ADSL broadband as well as basic telephony in rural and urban areas.

Sterlite is currently involved in the process of a third contract it recently received from India’s Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL). This deal is for the installation of an OSS / BSS (Operation / Business Support Systems) for the metro ethernet network, Sterlite is installing for 200,000 broadband subscribers in Mumbai, India. The project is due to be completed during the financial year 2008-09.