New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) Domestic telecom gear maker HFCL on Monday said it has bagged an order of Rs 286.96 crore from RailTel Corporation for setting up a data communication network for the defense forces.

The order is to be executed within a year, HFCL said in a regulatory filing.

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"We are pleased to inform all our stakeholders that the company has today bagged an order amounting to around Rs 287.96 crore from the RailTel Corporation of India...for setting up a secured optical packet switched network for defense forces," HFCL said.

The project includes setting up a secured optical packet switched network with supply, installation, commissioning, testing and training of security system network hardware and software of various specifications inter-alia to develop IT infrastructure etc, within a year.

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The hardware and the software provided under the project will be under warranty of 2 years, according to the filing.

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