Wednesday, December 4, 2013

TCIL's strength comes from taking up new challenges

A prime engineering and consultancy company, Telecommunications India Ltd (TCIL) is a wholly-owned public-sector enterprise under the administrative control of the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. TCIL provides Indian telecom expertise in all fields of telecom, civil and IT to developing countries of the world. With core competency in areas such as switching, transmission systems, cellular services, rural telecommunication, optical-fibre-based backbone transmission systems, IT and networking solutions, application software, e-governance, 3G network, WIMAX technology and civil construction projects, TCIL is also pushing the cause of sustainable development. Chairman and managing director Vimal Wakhlu outlines how brand equity is one of TCIL's mainstays. 
TCIL has been involved in every facet of the telecom sector. During the times of wireline boom until the early 1990s, TCIL had executed such projects in most African nations, West Asian countries, South Asian and other countries.
TCIL also formed JVs with a number of companies to enter into other areas such as cable manufacturing as TTL (Tamil Naidu Telecom), TBL (TCIL Bell South) for billing solution for Telecom, ICSIL (Intelligent Communications Systems India).
With the advent of mobile communication system, TCIL formed a JV and obtained a mobile licence for operation in the states of Rajasthan and the north-east states. This is currently known as BHL (Bharati Hexacom). Apart from this, TCIL also started UTL Nepal along with MTNL and VSNL (now Tata Communications). Also, TCIL rolled out cellular networks in Bhutan and Afghanistan. When it comes to broadband, TCIL was the pioneer in rolling out FTTH (fibre to the home) project for Kuwait. Now TCIL is a major player in this domain in various countries including Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Mauritius. This has made us a unique company with outstanding credentials in this area in India. TCIL had also been involved in the design and business modelling of the RASCOM Satellite, Africa's own satellite. We were also involved in the rollout of a number of satellite-based networks. TCIL has also rolled out an OPGW (optical power ground wire) project for Sonalgaz Algeria, wherein 4,000 km of this cable was laid along the ground wire of high tension power lines under live conditions. Thus TCIL has been at the forefront of telecom technology. Apart from this, TCIL has played a major role in the restoration of telecom services in Kuwait after its liberation from Iraq, and also in Afghanistan after the 2002 war over there.
source: bussiness-standard .com

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