Telecommunications Consultants India  (TCIL) has emerged as the lowest bidder in Kuwait Telecom's landline expansion and maintenance tender.

The company is close to signing a contract worth Rs 200 crore, for upgrading and maintaining Kuwait Telecommunications Co's landline and broadband networks, on a turnkey basis.

Under tender norms, the lowest bidder will need to maintain Kuwait Telecom's 3.3 lakh line strong landline network and 90,000 odd fibre-to-the-home broadband links. Broadband connectivity through the fibre-to-the-home route offers download speeds of upto 100 Mbps.

Since the project will be implemented on a turnkey basis, the lowest bidder will also be responsible for arranging equipment supplies apart from handling network planning and maintenance elements.

TCIL proposes to line up the required equipment and optic fibre cable (OFC) systems through its foreign and local supplier partners, including Turkey's HES Cable Systems; Saudi Cables; Tamil Nadu Telecommunications (TTL); and Aksh Optifibre.