From MPLS to SD-WAN: The Complete Migration Guide for Indian Enterprises

Why MPLS Is Losing Ground in India

Traditional MPLS circuits were designed for a world where all applications lived in the data centre. In 2025, with Microsoft 365, SAP cloud, and AWS S3 traffic dominating enterprise bandwidth, MPLS is showing its age.

MPLS Pain Points

• High cost: dedicated MPLS circuits cost 3–5x more than equivalent broadband
• Long provisioning: 45–90 days to add a new branch circuit
• Poor cloud performance: all traffic backhauled through the data centre
• Rigid bandwidth: overpay for headroom or throttle during peak production

SD-WAN: The Modern Alternative

SD-WAN uses software to intelligently route traffic across multiple connections — broadband, LTE, ILL — with automatic failover and application-aware policies. AstraCMITS has delivered SD-WAN deployments for Indian manufacturers with 5–50 branch sites.