BharatNet Project

21.02.2024

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State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has floated around Rs 65,000-crore tender for the implementation of the phase-III BharatNet project.                                                          

About BharatNet Project:

• It is one of the biggest rural telecom projects in the world.
• It is implemented in a phased manner to all Gram Panchayats in the country to provide non-discriminatory access to broadband connectivity to all the telecom service providers.
• Objective: To enable access providers like mobile operators, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cable TV operators, and content providers to launch various services such as applications like e-health, e-education and e-governance in rural and remote India.
• The project was approved in 2011.
• It is being executed by a Special Purpose Vehicle namely Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), which was incorporated in 2012 under the Indian Companies Act 1956.
• The Telecom Commission approved the implementation of the project in three phases.

BharatNet Phase-I:

• It was approved in 2011.

• 1,00,000 GPs to be covered - under implementation.
• Being executed by 3 CPSUs viz. BSNL, RailTel and PGCIL.
• Targeted to be completed by March 2017.

Phase-II:

• It was approved in 2017.
• Balance GPs using optical mix of underground/aerial OFC, radio and satellite to be used.

• To be executed by 3 CPSUs and State Govts. through their Discoms or any other agency.
• Targeted to be completed by December 2018.

Phase-III:

• In the third phase from 2019 to 2023, a state-of-the-art, future-proof network, including fibre between districts and blocks, with ring topology to provide redundancy would be created.

                                                 Source: Financial Express