TCS, ITI bag orders of over Rs 19,000 cr from BSNL for deploying 4G network

New Delhi: IT major TCS-led consortium and state-run telecom gear maker ITI have jointly bagged mega-4G network advance purchase orders of over Rs 19,000 crore from the public sector telecom firm BSNL. Tata Consultancy Services-led consortium has bagged an advance purchase order (APO) of around Rs 15,500 crore and ITI Limited has received a contract for supplying 4G telecom gears worth Rs 3,889 crore.

“The total order is of over Rs 19,000 crore,” a senior government official told PTI.

TCS in a regulatory filing said that it has received an “advance purchase order” valued over Rs 15,000 crore from BSNL.