Bharti Teletech, manufacturers and distributors of telecom and allied products, has won a major contract from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), to manufacture fixed line phones.
Under the Rs 35 cr contract Bharti Teletech will manufacture and supply over 9 lakh caller line identification phones (CLIP) for BSNL over a period of 5 months.
The phones will be manufactured at the company’s manufacturing facility in Ludhiana where it has recently invested over Rs 5 cr to enhance capacity. Post the investment; the Ludhiana unit has an annual production capacity of 5 mn phones.
Commenting on the recently acquired contract Sunil K Goyal, CEO, Bharti Teletech said, “This contract not only highlights the high quality of products offered by Beetel but also serves to further our association with BSNL.”
“I am confident that the association would be mutually beneficial for both the companies and the future would see us growing and further strengthening this strategic relationship. It is poised to go beyond supply of landline phones, as BSNL intends to procure Blackberry handsets through Bharti Teletech,” added Goyal.
