Tejas Networks enhances 3G & BWA backhaul solutions with Packet Optical portfolio to mark its 10th anniversary

Bangalore, August 13th 2010: Tejas Networks Ltd., a leading telecom product company from India, marked its 10th anniversary by announcing the launch of a leading-edge Packet Optical product portfolio that enhances its existing solutions for 3G and BWA backhaul. Tejas Networks has been a key enabler of India’s explosive telecom growth with innovative optical networking solutions that have made high quality telecom services available to over half a billion people at the world’s most affordable prices. This innovation has also benefitted telecom markets in over 50 countries around the world. Today Tejas is a top-10 company globally, top-5 in APAC and a leader in India in the optical transmission (MSPP) market.

Sanjay Nayak, CEO & MD said, "I am delighted with the progress we have made as a company and the significant contributions we have made to the telecom revolution in India and across the world. Now we are playing a significant role in providing scalable and future-ready solutions to service providers to address the challenge of scaling up their network for massive growth in data, driven by mobile internet, video and business services, while maintaining a large and growing customer base for voice traffic.”

“Our new Packet Optical product portfolio for 3G and BWA backhaul enables service providers to seamlessly transition the 2G network serving all-voice traffic to a 3G/4G network serving predominantly data traffic saving repeated Capex and expensive Opex on network enhancements. For service providers building a new 3G/BWA backhaul network for an all IP solution, our existing Carrier Ethernet series of products provide the lowest cost per bit solution,” said Mr. Nayak.

Dr. Gururaj Deshpande, Chairman said, “Propelled by its world class talent, I am thrilled, but not surprised to see Tejas Networks achieve this tremendous success. Over the last decade, Tejas has evolved as a thought leader, addressing the most complex needs of the telecom operators today. Tejas has also established that a product company based in India can serve the highly competitive domestic market and at the same time produce high quality, leading-edge products relevant to the rest of the world.”

“I am confident that with the right impetus, India can produce several other product companies like Tejas Networks and establish a $100 Billion high-tech product industry over the next decade,” added Deshpande.

About Tejas Networks
Tejas Networks is a leading provider of end-to-end optical transport products and solutions to telecom companies. Tejas customers include telecom carriers who provide voice as well as new-generation data services to end-users as well as enterprise customers. These carriers are spread across verticals like telecom, utilities, media as well as defence. Tejas helps customers get Future Ready. Today. TM by enabling a smooth migration from legacy TDM to new-age packet based transport with minimal Capex and Opex. Tejas is a market leader in the highly competitive Indian telecom market and is ranked amongst the top ten companies in the global Optical MSPP market. Tejas Networks has an installed base of over 190,000 units and over 500,000 MEF compliant Ethernet ports across customers in over 50 countries.