Fibre network management to be outsourced by Bharti & BSNL (India)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Interested parties are invited by India’s Bharti Airtel to submit bids for the outsourcing of the management of its fibre-optic cable network with a view to completing a deal before the end of March 2010. State- owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has also decided to invite bids in February to outsource the management of its network.

According to Bharti’s CEO Manoj Kohli, joint venture will be formed and the company contracted by Bharti will have a stake in the company. Bharti deal is estimated to be worth as much as USD1 billion over a five-year period. BSNL expects to close a deal by the end of the second half of this fiscal year.