ITI's capacity shall be enhanced by 3 million GSM mobile phone lines with incremental capital expenditure of Rs 7 crore (Rs 70 million) by September, 2005.
The existing infrastructure of ITI has been augmented with an additional capital expenditure of Rs 38 crore (Rs 380 million) to establish manufacturing capacity of one million lines per annum.
The chairmen of BSNL & MTNL will receive the first consignment of mobile equipment from Sonia Gandhi and telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, an official statement said.
The technology provided by Alcatel is General Packet Radio Service compliant and capable of providing all value added services including migration path to third generation mobile (3G) systems.
The equipments presently manufactured by ITI, besides meeting the requirement of domestic needs will also have the potential for overseas market, particularly in SAARC and Afro-Asian countries. ITI has plans to explore export market in line with its technology provider.
ITI also plans an additional 3 million lines GSM equipment manufacturing facility at ITI Rai Bareilly and would also manufacture towers, shelters and power plants used for setting up mobile networks.
The government has taken steps for revival of ITI units including ITI Bangalore to manufacture CDMA infrastructure equipment and CDMA handset, ITI Palakkad to fabricate the next-generation network products, ITI Naini to manufacture optical range of products.
