Aircel launches GSM services in northern India

Aircel, A joint venture between Maxis Communications of Malaysia and Apollo Hospital Enterprise of India will soon start its attractive GSM services for residents of Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan states. As part of growing its pan-Indian presence, Aircel is expected to roll out services in these three circles* in April and has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to supply the GSM network and manage it for four years as part of a deal worth in excess of 300 million USD

Nokia Siemens Networks will supply the radio, core and microwave network equipment and roll it out quickly and cost efficiently. Its offerings will not only help Aircel reduce its network’s carbon footprint, but also prepare it to launch 3G services in the future. Nokia Siemens Networks has earlier supplied a GSM network and related services to Aircel for the cities of Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, and is the number one provider of managed services in India.
“At Aircel, we have set ourselves ambitious goals to become not only a strong nationwide service provider, but also the operator of choice for millions of Indian subscribers with our proposition of high-quality services,” said Gurdeep Singh, chief operating officer, Aircel. “With Nokia Siemens Networks as our partner, we have launched networks in record time while delivering superior service quality and end-user experience to our customers. We are confident that the company will help us efficiently realize our targets yet again.”

Aircel is India’s fifth largest GSM mobile service provider with a subscriber base of over ~31 million, as of December 31, 2009. As on date, Aircel is present in 18 of the total 23 telecom circles & planning to launch balance of the 05 Circles in next 2-3 months.

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