Seimens Public Communications Ltd (SPCL), unit of the Siemens group of companies, has repeatedly achieved success in the business of supplying telecommunications equipment to India’s biggest telecommunications service providers like BSNL and MTNL.

Growing at a rate of 37.03 percent during FY 2000-01, the 70-30 percent JV between Siemens AG, Germany, and Siemens Ltd, SPCNL registered a turnover of Rs 696.71 crore. Profits after tax stood at Rs 36.38 crore. The growth was driven by some big orders for telecom switches from both wireline and wireless service providers. Significant orders bagged include BSNL for 4-lakh lines and MTNL for 1.9-lakh lines. Siemens claims 29 percent of market share in the switching segment. For cellular infrastructure, SPCNL has made a name for itself in provisioning Intelligent Network solutions. It already has implemented one for BPL Cellular. The company has already done its homework for the expected CDMA deployments, its 3G TDS CDMA products are expected to go commercial towards the end of the current year. On the transmission side too, SPCNL has recently bagged an order for providing STM 16 terminals to BSNL.