Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL), the state owned telecom firm which operates in Delhi and Mumbai, is likely to deploy Carrier Ethernet Switch Routers, which will offer telecommunication services with an additional layer of security for customer data, across eight sites in the city. These routers can carry leased services, software-defined networking and secure communications.
Hyderabad-based Electronics Corporation of India will be developing this telecom hardware under license from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. MTNL has inked pact with the electronics major by signing a memorandum of understanding at the IIT last week to implement the initiative. The entity will provide carrier-class services to enterprise customers, government agencies and other bodies from each site, which includes Ethernet services, leased lines and MPLS network access from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps.
