BharatNet
BharatNet:
What is it? : Its government
of India’s ambitious project to provide Internet connectivity to the whole of
India.
Cost: Cost is
estimated at 72,000 Crores
Completion
time: Govt of India expect it to be done by end of 2016, however the body setup
by the govt to take care of this work namely BBNL (Bharat Broadband Network
Limited) expect the work to be done by end of 2017
Is this a
UPA scheme: Yes it a
continuation of the UPA NOFN (National Optical Fiber Network) started under the
UPA govt with an allocation of 21,000 Cr and was limited to village panchayats
only. As always it mainly remained on paper during UPA regime. BharatNet is a
new architecture. It is using a lot of other media to provide connectivity then
just OFC.
Benefit: BBNL estimates that in the first year of implementation the project can result in the benefit of Rs 66,465 crore.
Speed: Under the SPV (Special purpose vehicle) model, the states would have the freedom to provide minimum bandwidths higher than 2 mbps, say 10-20 mbps for households and 100 mbps to 1 gbps to businesses.
Benefit: BBNL estimates that in the first year of implementation the project can result in the benefit of Rs 66,465 crore.
Speed: Under the SPV (Special purpose vehicle) model, the states would have the freedom to provide minimum bandwidths higher than 2 mbps, say 10-20 mbps for households and 100 mbps to 1 gbps to businesses.
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