New Delhi, 23rd February 2018: Tejas Networks Ltd. was announced as a winner in “Digital India Initiative” category for their innovation “TJ1400-OLT: Converged Optical Access and Transport Platform” at Aegis Graham Bell Award 2017, honoring the best innovation in the ICT domain in India. Tejas Networks has been applauded as a winner at the 8th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Award at NDMC Convention Center, New Delhi.

Aegis Graham Bell has been promoting innovations and entrepreneurship in Telecom, Data Science, Smart City Solution, Cyber Security, Digital India, Cloud and Mobility. AGBA has been rewarding those who made outstanding contribution in these fields since 7 years with a vision to foster and stimulate innovators, for India to become a nucleus of innovations.

Tejas Networks has innovated and created a new Converged Broadband Access and Packet Transport product called TJ1400-Optical Line Terminal (OLT) that is designed to simultaneously deliver both high-speed fiber-based broadband services and packet transmission services over an integrated platform. TJ1400-OLT is fully conceptualized, designed, developed and manufactured in India and the IPR for the product is fully owned by Tejas Networks.

“We are delighted to receive the prestigious Aegis Graham Bell Award for our TJ1400-OLT GPON product and to be recognized for our contribution to the success of the Digital India initiative. TJ1400-OLT is an innovative converged packet optical product that enables flexible, scalable and cost-effective delivery of both high-speed broadband access and packet transport services on optical fiber. TJ1400-OLT has been deployed in over 1500 block offices in 16 states as part of Government of India’s BharatNet Project and is currently extending high-speed broadband services to over 45,000 gram panchayats in the country,” said Sanjay Nayak, CEO & MD, Tejas Networks.

About Tejas Networks

Tejas Networks designs, develops and sells high-performance and cost-competitive networking products to telecommunications service providers, internet service providers, utilities, defence and government entities in over 65 countries. Tejas products utilize a programmable, software-defined hardware architecture with a common software code-base, that delivers seamless upgrades of new features and technology standards. Tejas Networks is ranked among top-10 suppliers in the global optical aggregation segment and has filed over 338 patents. For more information, visit Tejas Networks website at http://www.tejasnetworks.com

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The Aegis Graham Bell Award is one the largest innovation award for the ICT domain in India. The Aegis School of Business, Data Science, Cyber Security and Telecommunication has established the Aegis Graham Bell Award as a tribute to the father of the telephony, Alexander Graham Bell. This Award is intended to promote innovation, entrepreneurship in the field of Telecom, Social, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud, and Security to provide recognition for outstanding contributions by the innovators. The Award is organized with support of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), and Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOE), Convergence India and Deloitte as a knowledge partner.

For more information, please contact:
Shweta Chavan | Corporate Communication | Aegis Graham Bell Awards | 8433969263 | shweta@bellaward.com