United Telecoms Limited
| Private company | |
| Industry | Telecommunications equipment |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | C. Basavapurnaiah |
| Headquarters | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
Area served | DWDM, GPON, Tele presence, ICT, e-Governance, Social Infrastructure, Smart City, PPP based Projects, Value added Distributions |
Key people |
C. Basavapurnaiah (Founder-Director) Dr. P. Raja Mohan Rao (Chairman) C.V.Rao (Managing Director) Dr CK Rao S. Murugesan(CFO) |
| Products | Telecommunications, Transmission Equipment, Mobile phones, Network Management System and Training |
| Subsidiaries |
www |
| Website |
utlindia |
United Telecoms Limited (UTL) is an Indian ICT Solutions social infrastructure company, specialized in telecom networks and solutions for telecom operators and statewide networks.
Established in 1986,[1] UTL creates communication systems for social infrastructure sectors. It also provides manufacturing and engineering support. UTL is one of the largest distributors in India and it is associated with brands such as Sony, Gionee, and HTC. It operates with several companies specializing in design, manufacturing, and software development for telecommunications, networking, systems integration, software solutions, R&D, PCB manufacturing, microelectronics design, engineering tools and materials, electrical stamping and lamination, die-casting, and mechanical design.
UTL was the first GSM operator in India and is India's largest telecom equipment manufacturer with products such as DWDM and GPON. UTL's subsidiary KARBONN Mobiles is a lesser but well-known Indian brand that sponsors Indian Premier League (IPL) matches.
History
United Telecoms Limited was founded in Bangalore, India in 1983. Some of its pioneering achievements in enabling the spread of telecommunication networks across Indian states are listed below:
- UTL won the GPON bid of BBNL with a bid value of Rs 1000 Cr (the lowest bid), over competitors like ITI, BEL, Sterlite, Tejas, L&T, and ZTE.
- UTL was awarded India’s first Statewide Area Network project in 1999 for the state of Andhra Pradesh. UTL has established several e-Sevacentres & District Data Centers in Andhra Pradesh and provides citizen services in more than 23 municipalities.[2]
- UTL is the eleventh bidder on the BSNL-DWDM deal for increasing bandwidth capacity. The deal size is 600 crore for increasing bandwidth capacity to rural areas.[3]
- UTL implemented the statewide area network project for Jharkhand where the government offices in the districts, Sub-Divisional Headquarters, and the Blocks are networked with the State Headquarters at Ranchi for providing voice, video, and data services.[2]
- UTL implemented the statewide network for Kerala[4] where the government offices in the districts and Blocks along with other remote offices are connected with the State Network Operations Center in the State Capital, for providing voice, video, and data services.[2]
- GBBN is the Next Generation Network (NGN)[5] project, the first fully fiber-based network of its kind in India.[2]
- UTL implemented a statewide network in Karnataka.[2]
- UTL offers smartcard-based solutions for issuing driving licenses, learners' permits, and RC Books in Maharashtra and Pondichery.[2]
UTL's core products are optical transmission, exchange, access, mobile phones, and telecommunications software.
UTL Group
UTL comprises several groups of companies, including NSP Electronics Ltd (NSP), Priyaraj Electronics Ltd (PEL), UTL Technologies, TRIGYN Technologies, and Raja Magnetics Ltd (RML).
In news
United Telecom pips rivals ITI, Tejas, Sterlite, L&T with the Rs 998 crore bid for the BBNL contract.[6][7]
UTL offers the lowest bid for the BBNL fiber network.[8]
UTL received a patent certificate for DWDM from the Government of India Patent office in November, 2014.[9]
Products
The company offers telecom products and solutions including:
Transmission equipment
Consumer electronics
- Karbonn Mobiles
Karbonn Mobiles is a joint venture mobile manufacturing company between the Bangalore-based United Telelinks Limited (a group of Telecom Major and United Telecoms Limited) and Noida based Jaina Marketing & Associates.
Customers
- Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited : Supply of Indigenous DWDM systems
- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam
- Vodafone India
- RailTel corporation : For Tele Presence
- Tamilandu Tsunami warning systems
- Karnataka E-Governance and SWAN ( Statewide area network ) in PPP
- Kerala SWAN in PPP
- APSWAN and e-seva
- Gujarat SWAN
- Laptop for students in Tamil Nadu through ELCOT
- Reserve bank of India
- Security and port automation at Benin : Through MCA (Millennium challenge corporation )
- Government of Goa (GoG)[10]
- Jharkhand Agency for Promotion of Information Technology (JAP-IT)[11]
Services
Services offered by UTL include custom software solutions, consulting services, contract manufacturing, developing, deploying, and operating e-governance solutions for government-to-government & government-to-citizens transactions, providing embedded software development services and providing technical training to students and training solutions to corporations.
References
- ↑ http://www.utlindia.com/utl/v1/html/milestone.html
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "E Governance". indiamart.com.
- ↑ "Transmission: Recouping the Business". -Voice&Data.
- ↑ http://www.kswan.gov.in/GO/KSWAN1.pdf
- ↑ "Goa teams up with UTL for broadband network". The Hindu Business Line.
- ↑ "United Telecom pips rivals ITI, Tejas, Sterlite, L&T with Rs 998 crore bid for BBNL contract". timesofindia-economictimes.
- ↑ Pallavi Gupta. "United Telecom Pips Rivals ITI, Tejas, Sterlite, L&T with Rs 998 Crore Bid For BBNL Contract -". communicationstoday.co.in.
- ↑ "UTL offers lowest bid for BBNL fibre network". telecompaper.com.
- ↑ http://www.utlindia.com/utl/
- ↑ "Page not found - Gwave". gwave.in.
- ↑ "Jharkkhand". csc.gov.in.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to United Telecoms. |