| GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), the developer of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad, has awarded the fixed line services management contract to Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTSL), the leading and fastest growing telecom service provider in India. The contract is valid for a period of five years.
TTSL has emerged as the preferred bidder from among several reputed players in a highly transparent and competitive bidding process. The company has been selected based on its technical and financial criteria, including its experience, expertise, capability and know-how in the telecommunication business.
As per the agreement, TTSL shall provide Fixed Line (Voice & Data) services at the new international airport in accordance with good industry practices and specifications of GHIAL.
Apart from setting up and maintaining its back office and telecom exchange, TTSL will provide the following facilities at the new airport:
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| Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rajgopal Swami, Chief Financial Officer, GHIAL, said: "Telecommunications is a key component of the functioning of an airport. We have chosen Tata Teleservices based on its experience and expertise in the telecom field and we are confident that it would deliver telecom infrastructure and services at par with the facilities found in any other international airport."
Mr S Ramakrishna, COO, Tata Teleservices, expressed happiness over bagging the contract, and said: "We are delighted to be associated with the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. We are going to spare no effort to delivering the best in the class telecom solutions. This project is going to be a show case for the world to admire in terms of its quality and deliverables and will be a final stamp on the global stage."
About GHIAL
GMR-HIAL is a joint venture company promoted by GMR Infrastructure Ltd., (63 %); Malaysian Airports Holding Berhad (11 %), Airports Authority of India (13 %) and Government of Andhra Pradesh (13 %), with a mandate to develop a world-class international grade airport spread over 5,500 acres in Shamshabad, about 25 kms from the main city of Hyderabad.
The airport is being designed to handle 12 million passengers per annum with a total project cost of Rs. 2478 crore in the first phase scheduled to be commissioned in March 2008.
This project - Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - is set to position Hyderabad as a prominent player in the global aviation map contributing to the prosperity, development and economic well-being of the region.
About Tata Teleservices Ltd:
Tata Teleservices spearheads the Tata Group's presence in the telecom sector. Incorporated in 1996, Tata Teleservices was the first to launch CDMA mobile services in India with the Andhra Pradesh circle.
The company is today the market leader in the fixed wireless telephony market with a total customer base of over 3.8 million, serving over 21 million customers in more than 4,000 towns to offer world-class technology and user-friendly services in 20 circles nationwide. It has partnered with Motorola, Ericsson, Lucent and ECI Telecom for the deployment of a reliable, technologically advanced network.
Its telephony services include mobile services, wireless desktop phones, public booth telephony and wire line services. Other services include value-added services like voice portal, roaming, post-paid internet services, 3-way conferencing, group calling, Wi-Fi internet, USB modem, data cards, calling card services and enterprise services.
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