Tejas refutes Airtel, says interference due to sites deployed in proximity to BSNL network

NEW DELHI: Tejas Networks, a homegrown company, on Monday refuted Bharti Airtel and said that the interference issues arose following the telco sites are deployed very close to the state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) network, resulting in increased noise floor, and added that claiming the domestic company’s gear as sub-standard lacks merit and is unwarranted.

“The interference from BSNL to Airtel arises not due to Tejas’s radios not meeting out-of-band emission specifications but primarily because Airtel; sites are deployed very close to BSNL’s sites without adequately maximising coupling losses,” a senior executive of Tejas Networks in a letter to Bharti Airtel said.