iti to get 2bn equipment contract from bsnl

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ITI to get $2bn equipment contract from BSNL
From Dow Jones Newswires
Monday 14 September 2009
Indian operator did not give wireless contract to Huawei on security concerns, sources say.

ITI Ltd. will get a $2-billion order from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. to build a wireless network to offer 25 million connections in western India, the Economic Times reported Monday, citing an unnamed BSNL official.

State-run BSNL had earlier called bids for the contract and Huawei Technologies Co. was the successful bidder. But the telecom-services provider didn't give the order to the Chinese company following concerns raised by India's security agencies, the report said.

BSNL gave the contract to state-run ITI without inviting tenders again as a fresh bidding process would have delayed building of the network, the report added.