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Tejas’ TJ100 SDH Products used to build the First Phase of RailTel’s National Optical Network
Bangalore, India, June 26, 2003: Tejas Networks, a leading company in developing and selling optical networking products, today announced the successful deployment of its TJ100 family of products in the first phase of RailTel’s nation wide Optical Network. The first of its links between Bangalore – Secunderabad – Chennai was inaugurated today by Mr. Nitish Kumar, Hon’ble Minister for Railway through Video conferencing over Ethernet. Tejas products have enabled RailTel to build a converged network architecture that uses next-generation SDH features with voice, Ethernet-over-SDH as well as network intelligence capabilities
The first phase of RailTel’s network is part of it’s plan to build a nationwide network consisting of over 35,000 kilometer of optical fiber and linking over 7000 stations within the country. During the first phase, RailTel is connecting 411 major cities and will deliver voice and data services using Tejas TJ100 multi-service, next-generation SDH equipment. The first phase covers the Delhi-Jaipur-Ahmedabad; Kalyan-Pune-Wadi-Chennai; Guntakal-Bangalore; Wadi-Secunderabad-Guntur-Vijayawada-Vishakhaptnam sections. RailTel is planning to offer National Long Distance (NLD) as well as International Long Distance (ILD) services, in addition to various value-added voice as well as IP-based services.
“The launch of the first phase of our National Network on Tejas’ TJ100 SDH products has enabled us to offer a complete and fully independent network solution to our customers nationwide based on our own infrastructure. We are impressed not only with Tejas’ product line but also with their flexibility, speed of delivery and promptness of support. We hope to be highly competitive owing to our network being built on some of the most advanced SDH equipment from Tejas”, said Mr. A.K. Chopra, Managing Director, RailTel Corporation of India Ltd.
“We are extremely proud to be associated with this prestigious project with the largest Railway Network in the world. With Tejas TJ100 next-generation SDH equipment, we have built a converged network for RailTel, that can offer voice as well as IP-enabled services, with a minimal investment in capex”, said Sanjay Nayak, CEO of Tejas Networks.
Tejas TJ100 is a family of multi-service products that enable customers to build next generation SDH/SONET networks that can service voice, video and data applications. Traditional voice applications are serviced through E1/E3 interfaces while data applications can be serviced by rate-controllable 10/100 Mbps Ethernet interfaces. Intelligent Network management capabilities, such as automatic topology discovery and point-and-click provisioning are enabled by advanced software including Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) optical signaling code running on every TJ100 product.
About Tejas Networks
Tejas Networks is the first Indian telecom product company, to develop next generation SDH/SONET products that enable telecom carriers to converge traditional voice-based networks with the new data-dominated networks, in a cost-effective way. Tejas has over 15 customers running live traffic in carrier-class networks in India as well as internationally. Visit Tejas Networks at http://www.tejasnetworks.com/
About RailTel Corporation of India Ltd
RailTel Corporation of India Limited has been established as a Public Sector Undertaking (a 100% subsidiary under Ministry of Railways). Railways have built a large telecom infrastructure over years for meeting their own communication requirement for train operation and safety. RailTel has been set up to exploit Railways' communication assets, since Railways internal requirement are minimal and the large infrastructure created by Railways can be utilized for commercial use. For more information click on http://www.railtelindia.com/
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