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TES division at Prithvi zooms to an order book and sales pipeline of Rs 500 cr

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  • The division has recorded a total revenue of Rs. 100 crores this fiscal.
  • It has completed close to 15% of new network rollouts in India.
  • Indian telecom engineering space to be worth 8 Billion USD
  • Prithvi aims to become market leader in the Telecom engineer space in India & Brazil.

The Telecom Engineering Services (TES) division in Prithvi has clocked an order book position of Rs. 100 crores this fiscal & expects its order book and sales pipeline to reach up to 500 crores by the next fiscal. Prithvi Information Solutions is known to be a pioneer in Telecom infrastructure and support services, services marquee customers such as Ericsson, Alcatel Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks, Huawei, ZTE and BSNL in India, Brazil and other countries. With the emergence of new operators & existing operators growing in India, Brazil and other emerging markets, Prithvi expects their business to grow exponentially. Currently its operations cover India, the Middle East, Canada and Brazil.

 

In the year 2009, Prithvi successfully completed close to 15% of the new network rollouts in India. It is estimated that the Telecom operators will add close to 150,000 new sites as part of their regular mobile user addition programs in the year 2010. With the much anticipated 3G rollout expected to happen this year, close to 50,000 sites have been upgraded replacing existing 2G equipments. In addition, new rollouts are expected for Greenfield operators. The market size for Telecom Infrastructure, Installation & Commissioning and RF services is about $8 billion dollars in India.

Commenting on the strong future growth prospects and Pritvhi’s aspiration to be a market leader in the space, Sobhan Partha, Head of TES, APAC region, feels that “Impact of 3G roll out and new operators entering market would further help in expanding our already strong order book and sales pipeline.”

Prithvi’s operations in Brazil are also expanding rapidly & it is also looking at other South American countries for further expansion. According to John Mayne, Head of TES America’s, “Our project portfolio includes 3G, full turnkey network roll outs for operators of all sizes across the America’s”.

The services provided by Prithvi touch every aspect of the telecom operator. Prithvi’s provides turnkey telecom engineering solutions cover services such as Network Planning, Network Infrastructure, Network Deployment, Network O&M & Managed Services. Prithvi also covers 2 G wireless networks, 3G, Next Generation Networks – NGN, Wireless broadband service line  - WiMax and iburst  to name a few. To bring together its expertise in telecom products, telecom engineering services and IT services, Prithvi has created a holistic telecom solution called “Telecom 360?”.

About Prithvi Information Solutions Limited
Prithvi Information Solutions (PISL) is a global Information Technology and Telecom company, which brings together its industry, functional and technical expertise to provide valuable solutions to its customers and ensure their success. PISL specializes in Telecom engineering and products, Enterprise Resource Management, Outsourced Product Development, Business Intelligence , Infrastructure Services, E-governance, Mobile platforms and Systems Integration among various other expertise. PISL’s R&D driven approach to solving the complex business problems of our customers, often results in innovative solutions that positively impact the customer’s bottom line.

PISL is ranked 12 among all the IT services Exporters by NASSCOM. Prithvi is constantly rated among the top 50 fastest growing companies in India and top 500 of Asia by Deloitte.  PISL services customers in various geographies including USA, Brazil, Canada, Middle East and India. PISL is publicly listed in NSE BSE. For more information please Visit www.prithvisolutions.com

Safe Harbor
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking in nature and concern our future growth. These statements are based on assumptions that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and could cause our actual results to materially differ from the forward-looking statements. PISL undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements

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First Published: Mar 04 2010 | 7:18 PM IST

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