LTE  |  2022-06-22

Airbus and BSNL Officially Deliver the Tactilon Agnet 500 Critical Communication Service in India

Source: The Critical Communications Review | Gert Jan Wolf editor

Tactilon Agnet is a state-of-the-art Mission-Critical communication Service (MCS) for business and mission-critical users, based on the mobile telecommunications standard of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

After a phase of implementation and testing, the Tactilon Agnet 500 developed by Airbus Secure Land Communications(SLC) is now being fully operational in India in collaboration with Arubaito and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). This is an important milestone that marks the official commercial start of the project.

Tactilon Agnet is a state-of-the-art Mission-Critical communication Service (MCS) for business and mission-critical users, based on the mobile telecommunications standard of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). As a future-proof modern, easy-to-use, flexible and scalable solution, Tactilon Agnet 500 can acquire and transmit data, video and voice to all relevant bodies at once – securely and reliably. It allows radio-device, smartphone, tablet, and laptop users to communicate individually, or in a group. 

With the support of BSNL, Tactilon Agnet 500 gives smooth access to customers in the critical communications markets. As an end-to-end service, it is easy to integrate into operators’ infrastructures and to their sales funnels, hence strengthening their enterprise and public sector portfolios. Afuturistic solution for meeting all Critical Communication needs by leveraging the benefits of mobile broadband, LTE and Cloud technology.

BSNL and Arubaito, as first movers in the MCS market, will be working to address each and every vertical in order to tip over the entire market one customer at a time. It is expected a viral growth of subscribers, as well as the launch of new markets and an acceleration of AGNET engagement with an important network effects’ advantage due to BSNL reachability and reliability. The AGNET collaborative solution’s strong monetization will help make the business and mission critical organizations save costs and increase efficiency.

“Airbus is pleased to collaborate with BSNL and to put its expertise at the service of more agile and intelligent communications. Tactilon Agnet 500 is a complete solution and its deployment in India is a real success thanks to the strength of the BSNL network.” said Selim Bouri, Vice-president for Airbus SLC in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

“As one of the largest  wireless telecommunications service provider in India, BSNL is proud to have enabled the deployment of Tactilon Agnet 500 in collaboration with Airbus SLC. This is a real breakthrough for Mission-critical communications offering to our Professional / Entreprise customers” said Mr. P.K. Purwar, CMD BSNL.