Nokia bags deal from Airtel to build its multi-terabit pan-India optical network

Nokia has entered into an agreement with Airtel to deploy a next-generati­on optical transport network (OTN) that will provide additional capacity, hi­g­­her reliability and lower cost, enabling superior services for Airtel’s custo­m­ers. As part of the agreement, Airtel will utilise Nokia’s 1830 PSS-x OTN sw­itches in its national long distance network connecting major cities in India.