Tech Mahindra Partners with Govt to Create Tech Opportunities! - Details

Tech Mahindra has partnered with the Public Sector ITI Ltd. The IT service is likely to build software IP, implement and maintain the 4G radio network which will eventually be upgraded to 5G tech.

"ITI with state of the art facilities and capabilities for manufacturing Telecom equipment plans to manufacture the eNodeB and 5G NR products in the different plants using Tech Mahindra software and wireless technologies. The partnership will not only help to reduce dependency on import of Telecom equipment from foreign countries but also address the concerns in building a strategic network for Defence Communication," said R M Agarwal, Chairman & Managing Director, ITI Limited said.

Sujit Baksi, Head of APAC Business & President Corporate Affairs, Tech Mahindra, said, “Tech Mahindra will bring state of the art platform technologies and software capabilities and ITI will use its world class manufacturing facilities and expertise to build wireless solution for next generations. We are delighted to partner with ITI in this important initiative towards self-reliance in the area of technology.” 

Agarwal has also added that the EMC 2.0 scheme the company is planning to establish an electronic manufacturing cluster in Bengaluru. "We have set up a new tier 3+ data centre with 1000 rack space, which may help many government agencies, banks, PSUs, corporates and start-ups to store the data within the country. To help start-ups under the start-up India mission, the company has established a start-up hub ‘Vinyas’ at its Bangalore plant to help them in realizing their ideas into products and also facilitates various services towards rapid prototyping in PCB fabrication, assembly, SMT line, mechanical fabrication, plastic molding,3D printing, IoT etc.”, he told the Economic Times.