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The transmission equipment (STM1-4, DWDM, CWDM, optical Ethernet etc) market in FY 2004-05 was worth Rs 710 crore, according to V&D estimates. Nortel, Siemens, ZTE, ECI Telecom, Fibcom, Tejas Network, Tellabs, Alcatel, WRI, Marconi and Huawei were the vendors who got orders from different service providers.

While Nortel continued to lead the market, ECI Telecom emerged as the number two player. At the third spot was Siemens. Chinese vendors like ZTE, Huawei and WRI got good orders. While most of these players have been there in the Indian market, ECI telecom was a significant entry in the Indian transmission business from last two years. Tejas Networks, the only India vendor in the transmission equipment business, bagged orders from MTNL for the expansion of its optical network in Delhi. US-based Astuto Telecom is also focusing on India and it has its global R&D based out of India. The company is totally focused on transmission equipment and has currently customers in China.

ECI Telecom gained significant market presence at the cost of Nortel. Past year it completed an order to the tune of $10 million for deploying of XDM-100 optical platforms for Bharti Infotel. The vendor also supplied to Tata and Hutch.

MTNL deployed Tejas' TJ100 series of next-generation SDH products for STM-1, STM-4, and STM-16 capacities (up to 2.5 Gbps). Tejas TJ100 is a family of multi-service products, which enable customers to build next-generation SDH/SONET networks that can service voice, video, and data applications. Tejas also signed a technical collaboration agreement with ITI for its TJ100 series of next-generation SDH products for STM-1, STM-4, and STM-16 capacity. With this partnership, Tejas would expand its coverage in the Indian optical market.

Bharti Infotel selected Tellabs' 6300 managed transport system to enhance and expand its bandwidth capacity. The Tellabs solution includes Tellabs 6370 WDM node, a next-generation dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) solution, Tellabs 6350 switch node, the world's most dense 4/4/3/1 digital cross-connect, and the Tellabs 6300 network manager-a single platform that manages the entire network. The new 14,500 Rkm network provides Bharti with an initial 10-gigabit capacity and the option to scale and grow the network to 32 channels, each with 10gigabit capacity.

Outlook for 2005-06
FY 2005-06 is likely to be a good year for the transmission vendors. According to V&D estimates, the Indian market for transmission equipment is likely to double this year. While almost all the operators are likely to place orders, BSNL and MTNL are likely to account for around 67 percent of the orders.

Ravi Shekhar Pandey