Sterlite Technologies launches Sterlite Academy

Sterlite Technologies Ltd. | Cable | Capital Goods & Industrial Consumables | BSE: 532374 | NSE: STLTECH

08 Aug 2016 Evaluate

Sterlite Technologies, which designs, builds and manages data networks for telecoms globally, has launched Sterlite Academy. Sterlite Academy aims at creating a skilled talent pool of Smart Network professionals in India to enable the creation of smart data networks for Digital India, Smart Cities and 4G rollout.

With rising data demand, a robust mobile backhaul network is very critical. In India, less than 20% of mobile tower sites have a robust fibre backbone as compared to 70-80% in the developed countries. Given the importance of this infrastructure, multiple Telcos are investing in fiberisation of backhaul networks. However, these network deployments are currently non-standardised and implemented through untrained resources. These result in poor deployment quality, very low reliability, low lifetime and high operating expenses.

To bring about a transformation in the creation of smarter networks, which have at least twice the lifetime of the current fibre networks, Sterlite Tech has launched Sterlite Academy that brings together its strong expertise in optical fibre network designing, building and management through global best practices and state-of-the-art research.

Sterlite Technologies has strong expertise in managing very large-scale broadband network deployments in urban and rural areas through projects such as BharatNet, Network for Spectrum, Smart Cities, FTTH, 4G, among others. All the learning and global standards have been leveraged while structuring the curriculum.