Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Telecom and IT, on Saturday inaugurated Next Generation Network Telephone Exchange at New Bihar Vidhan Mandal compound and Bharat AirFibre service at Danapur Telephone Exchange in Bihar through Video conferencing.
Bihar gets a new next generation telephone exchange, AirFibre serviceNew Delhi: Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Telecom and IT, on Saturday inaugurated Next Generation Network Telephone Exchange at New Bihar Vidhan Mandal compound and Bharat AirFibre service at Danapur Telephone Exchange in Bihar through Video conferencing.
The Next Generation Network Telephone exchange in Bihar Vidhan Mandal is an optical fibre facility which will serve to the additional demand for reliable wireline and broadband services. This exchange has a capacity of 512 telephone wireline and 128 broadband connections which can further be increased.
The newly launched Bharat AirFibre will help to provide faster and reliable internet services in the rural area and it has speed at par with high-speed fibre FTTH and will serve upto 6 Km area. This facility works on the unlicensed spectrum and has very less interference which enables better quality of relay for the subscribers. The subscription for Bharat Airfiber will start from Rs. 349 per month, the low price will make the internet accessible and affordable to users in villages.
“Bihar Government has recently notified Right of Way (RoW) rules to facilitate better deployment of mobile tower antennas and laying of fibre optic cable in the state. Also I am happy to mention recently I got the new BSNL FTTH broadband connection and I am impressed with its high speed connectivity.” Sushil Modi, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar said in a statement.
The government has allotted national projects to BSNL such as Network for spectrum (NFS), BharatNet project for optical fibre connectivity including more than 3000 Gram Panchayats or village blocks of strategic Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Recently BSNL has commissioned submarine optical fibre cable between Chennai to Andaman & Nicobar Islands at a total cost of Rs 1224 Crore, and submarine Cable connectivity has been planned between mainland and Lakshadweep Islands.
Government has also allotted 4G spectrum to BSNL worth nearly Rs 14,000cr. BSNL is making full preparation to launch 4G services across the country and helping to boost the of Make in India initiative.
Apart from state-run projects, BSNL has provided 3Lakh FTTH/ Broadband connections across the country to meet internet requirements of ‘work from home’ during the last six months. Telecom operators also introduced various tariff plans and simplified the various processes at BSNL Portal for greater digital engagement.
