Within days of the government allowing Chinese vendors to supply telecom equipment, Tata Teleservices today awarded a contract to Huawei to roll-out its 3G network in India.

TTSL, which recently acquired spectrum for nine circles for rolling out 3G services, has selected Huawei to implement the roll-out in five circles, TTSL said in a statement.

The 3G services will enable TTSL to offer superior multimedia voice and data services, such as mobile streaming, video calls, mobile Internet and other such high-end services to customers.

TTSL Chief Technology Officer A G Rao said, "The company will provide superior 3G technology and services to all our esteemed consumers and to this end, we are getting the latest LTE-ready technology from our technology partner, Huawei."

TTSL has selected Huawei's 3G technology under the managed services model, which includes the installation of thousands of Huawei's industry leading, LTE-ready, SingleRAN 4th generation multi standard radios (MSR).

Huawei India CEO Max Yang said, "We will ensure a rapid roll-out of TTSL's 3G network, thus enabling them to not only capitalise on the current broadband 3G demand but also future -proof their investments by making the rollout LTE-ready.