'We will be opening the India office very soon'

Tell
us about Protek and your tie-up with Escosoft.

Protek develops, markets and supports software solutions for next-generation
convergent services providers and large enterprises, ensuring a predictable and
rapid return on investment in a safe and secure environment. Escosoft has
entered into an agreement with us to aggressively tap the fastest growing
telecom and ISP sector in India and to set up full-fledged operations. We are
part of the consortium and have bid for the BSNL’s CDR project. Escosoft is
our system integrator.

What is your view about BSNL’s project?

The project in itself is unprecedented. The rollout is going to be of an
astronomical proportion, considering the widespread network of BSNL consisting
of more than 300 SSAs. Now that they have decided to do it in phases is
indicative of BSNL’s seriousness about the project.

What do you think about convergent billing?

We are heading towards that scenario and I feel it should be a reality in
about three to four years time.

Tell us about your India operation.

We have been studying the Indian market for the past 15 months now. We will
open India office very soon.

Sudesh Prasad