re: BSNL: Love Me Tender!Can someone explain the Clause in this tender which says "THE BIDDERS OR THEIR COLLABORATORS HAVING ANY EQUITY STAKE OR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP WITH ANY OTHER CELLULAR OPERATORS EXCEPT MTNL IN INDIA SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TENDER" . Managed Services is operating partnership for sure .
re: BSNL: Love Me Tender!You are correct Prasad . Nortel is not the first deployment of BSNL . Ericsson/Nokia in East and North ,Motorola in South with Lucent in West were the early birds with greater success .
re: BSNL: Love Me Tender!The confusion there lies in my use of the word 'initial,' which wasn't the best choice -- I used that to refer to BSNL's GSM buildout to date.
"THE BIDDERS OR THEIR COLLABORATORS HAVING ANY EQUITY STAKE OR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP WITH ANY OTHER CELLULAR OPERATORS EXCEPT MTNL IN INDIA SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TENDER" .
Managed Services is operating partnership for sure .