UTStarcom announces its plans to support government initiatives
UTStarcom’s key executives in an event has underlined the company’s plans to support government initiatives like Smart Cities, NOFN, and Wi-Fi deployments with UTStarcom advanced telecom products and technologies, and announced the aggressive strategy on Carrier Wi-Fi solutions.
“To enable a Superior Digital Indian Highway, there is a need of advanced yet affordable telecom infrastructure and we are ready with our products to efficiently address the need. We are closely following various initiatives of the Government of India, including the Smart City, the optical NOFN Program deployment plans, Public Wi-Fi deployments. We work with Indian telecom operators, system integrators, and the government, and we plan to extend our efforts significantly in the year 2015 in order to make sure that our products and solutions are the best answer to the needs of the government initiatives. As a leading telecom infrastructure provider, UTStarcom is ready with our transport, aggregation and access networking solutions that may fit into virtually any area of the government initiatives in the telecom area, providing an efficient and reliable access and transport telecom infrastructure throughout India,” said William Wong, CEO & Director, UTStarcom.
“To enable a Superior Digital Indian Highway, there is a need of advanced yet affordable telecom infrastructure and we are ready with our products to efficiently address the need. We are closely following various initiatives of the Government of India, including the Smart City, the optical NOFN Program deployment plans, Public Wi-Fi deployments. We work with Indian telecom operators, system integrators, and the government, and we plan to extend our efforts significantly in the year 2015 in order to make sure that our products and solutions are the best answer to the needs of the government initiatives. As a leading telecom infrastructure provider, UTStarcom is ready with our transport, aggregation and access networking solutions that may fit into virtually any area of the government initiatives in the telecom area, providing an efficient and reliable access and transport telecom infrastructure throughout India,” said William Wong, CEO & Director, UTStarcom.
The importance of a carrier-class Wi-Fi solution for the market was emphasized. This technology is going to help operators provide wider broadband coverage, higher data rates and better overall user experience to their customers using cost-effective and easy-to-deploy infrastructure based on licence-free spectrum.
Speaking on the opportunities in Carrier Wi-Fi business, Shalin Shah, Co-GM, India Operation, UTStarcom, said, “Wi-Fi is demonstrating a continuous growth since 2007. Wi-Fi equipment market is expected to reach $3.9 billion by 2017. With the tremendous growth in mobile traffic, smartphone consumer base and strapping internet penetration, Wi-Fi is going to play an increasingly important role in the future telecom industry. We are going to proactively promote and educate the market about our Carrier Wi-Fi product line about its unique combination of features and benefits that it offers. We plan to work closely with major telecom operators, system integrators, and the government. We will also evaluate opportunities in enterprise market in India.” See more at: http://www.varindia.com/utstarcom-announces-its-plans-to-support-government-initiatives/
