Tejas Networks has announced a significant milestone, having cumulatively shipped over 17,000 IP/MPLS routers for the BharatNet Phase III project.
Deployment across states and Union territories
The company’s industry-leading TJ1400 routers are currently being deployed across nine states and five Union Territories in India by its Project Implementation Agency (PIA) partners. These routers are already carrying live traffic at multiple locations.
Large-scale rollout across rural India
In total, Tejas Networks will supply nearly 60,000 TJ1400 routers for BharatNet Phase III. These will be deployed across approximately 55,000 Gram Panchayats (GPs) and 2,000 blocks across the country, significantly strengthening rural digital infrastructure.
Advanced router portfolio and technology capabilities
Tejas Networks offers a comprehensive range of modular and compact next-generation access and aggregation routers designed to build terabit-scale IP/MPLS networks that meet stringent performance benchmarks.
Powered by a pioneering software-defined hardware architecture, the company’s indigenously designed carrier-class router portfolio ensures a flexible, scalable, and reliable middle-mile network for BharatNet.
Strategic Importance of the project
Tejas Networks chief operating office Arnob Roy said that the Government of India’s BharatNet programme is a flagship initiative aimed at digitally empowering rural India through ubiquitous high-speed broadband connectivity.
He added that the milestone reflects the company’s world-class capabilities in this complex technology domain and underscores its emergence as a high-quality, global-scale supplier of IP/MPLS routers for critical infrastructure networks.
Tejas Networks overview
Tejas Networks designs and manufactures high-performance wireline and wireless networking products for telecommunications service providers, internet service providers, utilities, defence, and government entities across more than 75 countries.
The company is part of the Tata Group, with Panatone Finvest—a subsidiary of Tata Sons—serving as the majority shareholder.