Ceragon Networks, a dominant
force in the world of high-capacity wireless backhaul and fronthaul, reported
big news today that the company has been selected by massive Indian oil and gas
company, Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (NSE: ONGC), to design and engineer a
new high-cap network backbone to replace their existing VSAT connections for
onshore/offshore sites.
Really the perfect company
to handle this sort of job, as CRNT is known the world over for their ability
to deliver solutions which have enabled countless providers to extend 2G/3G,
4G/LTE, and other broadband services to their respective customer bases. CRNT’s
reputation for robust high-cap microwave nodes that are designed for
all-outdoor conditions, combined with modular aggregation node hardware and
their CeraOS unified operating system, which spans the entire FibeAir IP-20
platform, are key elements of the company’s reputation that helped produce this
deal and they really have helped to distinguish the company as a clear leader
in high-cap wireless hauling.
This is a pretty major
undertaking for CRNT, despite their size and proficiency, given that ONGC is
responsible for nearly 70% of India’s crude production and as much as 60% of
the gas, doing something like 1.2M BOEPD with a market cap in the neighborhood
of $38.57B, there is a huge logistical envelope to address via this new
backbone system. By going to a much more stable wireless backbone than the
existing satellite phones, one based on CRNT’s field-proven Evolution™ Long
Haul multicarrier microwave radio hardware, ONGC will be picking up massive
Mbps throughput for substantially reduced overall cost-per-bit.
In addition to these
powerful Evolution nodes, which allow operators like ONGC to migrate seamlessly
from legacy time-division multiplexed architectures to an all-IP framework,
CRNT will provide a comprehensive suite of supplemental services ranging from
site-surveying to project management and installation, ultimately delivering
the new turnkey backbone to ONGC for a sticker price pegged somewhere in the
ballpark of several million dollars. The backbone network will be used to
handle mission critical aspects of ONGC’s operations like SCADA and their video
surveillance systems, as well as providing IT services across all of the
company’s numerous sites, including web access, email, video conferencing, and
SAP apps.
President and CEO of CRNT,
Ira Palti, emphasized how operators in the oil and gas industry are racing
these days to get their hands on robust data handling solutions in order to
support the growing variety of value-added services they need, both to execute
on operational objectives and to stay ahead of their competition. Palti
expressed supreme confidence in ONGC’s decision to go with the company for
their backbone network and added that CRNT’s high-cap range of microwave
solutions were ideal for this particular market, considering how they have over
three decades of experience in the game and have developed products like their
marine-grade PointLink system, which combines high power radios with
gyro-stabilized antennas to provide the most reliable high-cap integrated
solution on the market today, precisely for such operations as offshore oil and
gas E&P.
Palti further emphasized
CRNT’s proven service and project management expertise, asserting that
blue-chip clients like ONGC can expect to enjoy the fullest range of support
for their businesses possible, with a truly comprehensive service package that
benefits from Cergaon’s considerable experience, especially when it comes to the
oil and gas sector. Plati isn’t just whistling Dixie here either, as CRNT has
solutions deployed in over 130 countries worldwide, representing over 430
service providers which are no doubt well-acquainted with just how
comprehensive Cergaon’s support services can be.
Visit the Ceragon Networks
Ltd. website for more info at www.Ceragon.com
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