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New Delhi / Patna : Union Communications, Electronics & IT and Law & Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on August 29, 2020, inaugurated a Next Generation Network Telephone Exchange at new Bihar Vidhan Mandal compound and Bharat Air Fibre service at Danapur Telephone Exchange in Bihar through Video conferencing from New Delhi.
Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi, Chairman Bihar Legislative Council, Awadhesh Narain Singh, along with other dignitaries graced the occasion .
This Next Generation Network Telephone exchange is a facility augmentation in Bihar Vidhan Mandal which will serve to the additional demand for reliable wireline and broadband services since it is connected to optical fibre. This exchange has a capacity of 512 telephone wireline and 128 broadband connections which can further be increased. New and Old Vidhan Mandal and 3 New Secretariat Block A, B And C will be served through this new facility, according to a PIB release.
The newly commissioned Bharat Air Fibre service will provide faster and reliable internet services in the rural area, Bharat AirFibre has speed at par with high-speed fibre FTTH and will serve up to 6 km area covering R K Puram, Anandpur, Danapur Market, and Danapur Cantonment from Danapur Telephone Exchange. This being completely wireless technology is easy to deploy, more reliable, needs less maintenance and will provide connectivity in Non-feasible areas and villages which can’t be connected through FTTH.
Bharat AirFibre will start its subscription at a low price point of Rs 349 per month, this makes internet accessible and affordable to users in villages and difficult terrains.
“PM Narendra Modi’s vision is to convert challenges into opportunity for Aatmanirbhar Bharat and on the same lines my mission is also to take opportunities to rural corners of India. In the times of Covid19 pandemic, there is immense scope for digital education, digital skilling and tele medicine etc and broadband connectivity in rural India will play a crucial role. Bharat AirFibre will help us scale-up faster and meet the target of covering 6 lakhs villages in 1,000 days,” said Prasad. He also announced that 50 more AirFibre sector antennas be installed in Bihar within next 6 months
Modi, in his address, said, “Bihar Governmet 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 impressed with its high speed connectivity.”
Government of India has allotted various projects of national and strategic importance to BSNL that will help BSNL contribute in nation building such as Network for spectrum (NFS), Bharat Net project for Optical Fiber connectivity including more than 3,000 Gram Panchayats of strategic Union Territories of Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh.
Besides various Government projects, BSNL has also provided almost 3 lakh FTTH/ Broadband connections across the country to meet the enhanced internet requirements of ‘work from home’ during last six months. Also, it has introduced various attractive tariff plans and simplified the various processes at BSNL Portal for greater digital engagement.