Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has secured a three-year deal with India's leading telecom services company, Bharti Airtel, Ltd.

Huawei intends to supply the Indian telecom company with base stations along with other equipments needed for its 4G network in Karnataka.

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"We just got the deal from Bharti Airtel's high-speed data services on the 1800 MHz band using the FDD-LTE technology for their two of biggest telecom circles in the country," said Cai Liqun, Huawei's chief executive of India, to Economic Times.

"In coming three years, Huawei would roll out big numbers for Airtel. The initial trials have already been started".

Huawei had been working with Bharti Airtel on a TDD-LTE technology-based 4G networks in Karnataka and Delhi.

Reports say the Indian telecom company had already begun providing 4G services in 15 cities across India, using TDD-LTE technology that uses 2300 Mhz band.

In addition, the Chinese telecom giant also plans to establish a new research and development (R&D) facility in the city of Bangalore.

The new R&D center, which will house over 4,000 engineers, will focus on the development of new platforms and middleware for most of the company's products.

Huawei will likely compete against U.S.-based networking giant Cisco Systems, Inc., which recently opened its new "Smart City" in Banglore.

TagsHuawei, Bharti Airtel, Karnataka, TDD-LTE technology