Indian carrier Vodafone Idea (Vi) has awarded Tejas Networks a three-year contract, that will see the vendor supply products for Vi's 4G and 5G rollout. Tejas, an Indian-based vendor will supply its TJ1400 and TJ1600 packet and optical transmission products for Vi's backhaul capacity.

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Tejas Networks (BSE: 540595) (NSE: TEJASNET) today announced that it has entered into a three - year contract with Vodafone Idea Limited ("VIL"), a leading telecom service provider in India, to supply its industry-leading TJ1400 and TJ1600 packet and optical transmission products to augment Vodafone Idea's backhaul capacity and boost network performance across multiple telecom circles in the country.

Vodafone Idea is boosting its backhaul capacity and network performance with packet and optical transmission products from Tejas Networks.

As VIL accelerates its pan-India 4G and 5G rollouts, it is critical to upgrade our backhaul network to be scalable, robust and future-ready to efficiently manage the expected growth in data traffic and rising bandwidth demands,

Tejas Networks secures 3-year contract with Vodafone Idea for critical network infrastructure products, enhancing 4G and 5G rollout.

Anand Athreya, CEO and MD, Tejas Networks said its products can help Vodafone Idea 'drastically lowering the cost and energy per bit'.