INDIA BUSINESS WORLD - DECEMBER 16^th - DECEMBER 31^st - 2007

GEMINI COMMUNICATION LED CONSORTIUM BAGS RS 260-CR BSNL DEAL

Gemini Communication along with Midas Communication Technologies has bagged Rs 260 crore order from BSNL for executing a project in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Haryana. Both the firms - Gemini Communication and Midas Communication Technologies - has entered into an MoU in this regard, the company said in a filing to the BSE. This tender, floated by BSNL, envisages supply, installation and commissioning of 134 base station controller and 1,340 base station sites in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Haryana for providing voice and broadband data services. The project would be concluded in phases with the first phase of Rs 50 crore to be executed in Tamil Nadu, the company said.