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Mr Vanu Bose, head of US-based company Vanu Inc. —

Thomas K. Thomas

New Delhi, Sept. 7 In a bid to capitalise on mobile companies’ move to adopt dual technology, US-based Vanu Inc is in talks with CDMA players including Tata Teleservices to offer a solution that will help the operators to switch to GSM without changing their existing hardware.

Vanu’s solution enables operators to move between technologies seamlessly via its software based solution called Anywave Software Radio.

Dr Vanu Bose, President and CEO of Vanu Inc, told Business Line, “We expect our first deployment in India by early next year. Pilots and trials are going on with different operators.”

The company has also received $32 million venture capital investment. Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) led this round of funding, while previous investor Charles River Ventures and Tata Capital participated in the round which will largely support business development, marketing and integration currently underway in India.

Mr Bose said since a Tata venture has invested in the company, a partnership with Tata Telservices may be expected. Vanu is in the process of significantly expanding its presence in India through increased staffing and the signing of strategic partnerships.

Vanu’s software-only design runs on commercial off-the-shelf servers, rather than expensive proprietary hardware. In addition, it is the only Radio Access Network (RAN) product to simultaneously support multiple cellular standards on the same platform. Anywave has already been deployed by cellular operators in the US and Canada. Vanu also has a research and development centre in Bangalore.

Mr Bose said the company was working on a solution for the third generation (3G) mobile segment. Earlier Vanu and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) had announced their partnership to trial the Vanu Anywave technology as an integral component in wireless access and broadband solutions for the Indian rural communication market.

The company had also entered into a strategic alliance with GTL Limited to address the shared active infrastructure services market in India. The solution will allow multiple operators on a shared common network to maintain independence, gain cost benefits and lower cost of entry through a combined wireless infrastructure.

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