Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel has selected Nokia Networks to roll out its 3G network in 5 new telecom circles and network expansion in 3 existing telecom circles*. Under the 4-year contract, the company will provide its radio elements and services expertise to power Bharti Airtel’s infrastructure.

Under the deal company will provide Network planning and optimization, network implementation, network operations, project management and care services, including hardware and software maintenance as well as competence development; Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station, a software-defined radio platform complemented with Flexi Lite Base Station, a small all-in-one base station optimized for indoor and outdoor micro-cell deployments; Multi-technology, all-IP multicontroller RNC (mcRNC); NetAct, a cloud-ready virtualized OSS, for effective and consolidated monitoring and optimization