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Tata Communications Internet Services Limited (erstwhile
Primus Telecommunications India Limited)) is a wholly owned Subsidiary
of Tata Communications Limited, which is one of the largest telecom
companies in the World, with global presence. TCISL provides integrated
telecom services to Small & Medium Enterprises under the “Direct
Internet” brand. VISL currently offers Services in Delhi NCR,
Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Coimbatore,
Chandigarh, Baroda, Surat & Ahmedabad.
With over 1200 RF broadband corporate customers
in India, TCISL is one of the largest private wireless broadband
Internet service providers in India. Team Wireless set about implementing
more than 1200 Microwave links for the various customers of TCISL
across the above cities of India. The Central site at each of
these cities was initially connected to a Satellite Earth station
for Internet Access. These earth stations were installed by Team
engineers. Apart from the Satellite, the Base Station were also
connected into the Internet through Fiber, thus, giving the end
customer and VISL the redundancy factor for higher availability
and uptime commitments.
Team Wireless provides all ongoing support
like installation, maintenance and network planning to TCISL for
all it's customers in India. Today, this is the largest and the
most successful wireless ISP Network in India.
Not only have Team Wireless' implementation
team worked on PointRed Technologies for VISL but have also worked
and implemented Microwave solutions of UC Wireless, Fresenel,
Proxim, Alvarion and PCom, consequently building expertise in
the complete Microwave range of equipments for the same customer.
NEDA Telecommunications: Team Wireless
set up an entire Telecommunication network for NEDA Telecommunications
in Afghanistan. It was a challenge by itself as there were no
traditional telecom mediums available like copper or fiber in
the entire country. Team Wireless went about setting up a wireless
solution because of the following reasons: 1. Quick deployment
2. Easy to maintain 3. Less faultfinding and rectification time
4. Better control over the network. The main advantage of Wireless
solution over other modes was that it could be deployed in those
areas which are not easily accessible within a few hours.
Since Team Wireless has extensive experience
and capabilities of implementing Wireless Networks using PointRed
Technologies Microwave Equipment, the same technology was used
in setting up the Neda ISP Network in Afghanistan. Team Wireless
offered a Point to Multipoint Wireless Internet service. The central
site with a Multipoint base station with a specific capacity was
designed based on their business opportunity, and plan. The Central
Mast was installed at the Central Location in Kabul for customers
in Kabul. Similarly, a Central Mast was installed at a Central
Location in Mazar-e-Sharief for Customers there. The Central site
for Kabul was connected to a Satellite Earth station for Internet
Access. This Satellite Earth Station in Kabul used Newskies NSS
6 Satellite for the Satellite bandwidth and connected to REACH,
a Tier 1 ISP. A similar Satellite Earth Station was also set up
at Mazar-e-sharief, which also used Newskies NSS 6 Satellite for
Satellite bandwidth and connected to REACH.
Neda Telecommunications is today one of
the largest Wireless Internet and Point-to-Point Service provider
in Afghanistan.
IoSTAR International Limited owns
and operates a ViaSat LinkStar FTDMA Hub at Hong Kong. It uses
NSS-6 Ku Band Capacity which beams over Central Asia and the Indian
Subcontinent covering Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
and Nepal.
Team Wireless has been instrumental in
designing and integrating the various elements for setting up
IoStar services. From choosing the Satellite technology to integration
and implementation, Team Wireless has been instrumental in setting
up their network. As a part of Facility Management, Team Wireless
today offers Remote Management for IoStar's Hub at Hong Kong.
Team Wireless has installed more than 500 Satellite terminals
at inhospitable and remote parts of Afghanistan since it's inception.
Today, the entire network is remotely managed
by it's Engineers.
UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project
Services), Afghanistan is a United Nations Operations network
of over 50 Locations (including Kabul the Central Site) spanning
the length and breadth of Afghanistan.
32 Provinces across Afghanistan needed
to be connected into Kabul for monitoring the just concluded elections
in Afghanistan. The central Site at Kabul not only needed to communicate
with the 30 provinces but also to the U.S. on a daily basis. UNOPS
needed the Remote locations to send data to the Central site at
Kabul on a daily basis and also wanted to use this connectivity
for Voice from the remote locations to this Central Location.
Additionally, they wanted the Central Site
to also enable Video Conferencing with it's US office. A solution
offered was the deployment of 30 IoStar LinkStar terminals with
VoIP Phones at each of the locations connecting them via the Satellite
into Hong Kong, the Io Star Hub Station. Here, Internet requirement
would be switched to the Internet with the Intranet applications
of UNOPS switched back on a SCPC to the Central Site at Kabul.
At Kabul, a Satellite Earth Station, which had an outbound of
512 Kbps and an Inbound of 1 Mb to cater to their huge data/voice
requirement was implemented. An 8 Port codex was installed at
Kabul to facilitate Voice Call requirements for national and international
requirements. To facilitate the International Voice connectivity,
a SIP Server was provided at the Hub Station in Hong Kong and
switched into the Primus Telecom's International Voice Service,
thus allowing Kabul to call internationally using the VoIP device.
The entire project from start to finish
was completed in a record time of 21 days which included travel,
installation and commissioning at sensitive areas like Gardez,
Ghazni and Kandahar where normal modes of transportation was not
possible. These are areas in Afghanistan where even locals fear
to travel because of the dangers posed.
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