Sterlite Technologies, backed by Chinese vendor Huawei, has secured a Rs 250
crore contract by Bharat Sanchar Nigam to roll out the next generation of
broadband technology called Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON).
Seven equipment vendors including Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, ZTE and Indian
Telephone Industries had bid for this contract.
GPON is an optical fibre cable access technology for delivering high-capacity
broadband services that allows carriers to deploy a whole range of telecom and
entertainment services on a single line.