Optical Fiber Cable(OFC) for Assam

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General Information

The work of setting up of Intra-District SDHQ - DHQ OFC network for transport of rural/remote area traffic on bandwidth sharing basis in Assam Licensing Area was awarded by Universal Service Obligation Funds (USOF) to BSNL. An agreement was signed between BSNL and USOF on 12.02.2010. As per this Agreement, SDHQ - DHQ connectivity was to be provided in all the 27 Districts covering 354 nodes consisting of District Headquarters (DHQ), Sub Divisional Headquarters (SDHQs) and few enroute locations. The Network was to be rolled out in 18 months period from the date of signing of the Agreement i.e. by 11.08.2012. Subsequently number of OFC nodes to be commissioned has been revised to 323 vide letter dated 10.06.2016 after dropping 37 nodes owing to various reasons and addition of 6 BHQ nodes not covered earlier. The Roll out period has been extended upto 30.06.2017 for commissioning of the balance 11 nodes [7 nodes in two districts of North Cachar & Karbi Anglong and additional 4 BHQ nodes] upto 30.06.17 without Liquidated Damage vide letter dated 22.02.2017.Subsidy of Rs. 98.89 Crore to be provided by USO Fund.

Network Details:

The network consists of 24 Fibre, G.652, optical fibre cable, Add-Drop Multiplexing equipment (STM-16) conforming to ITU-T Standards shall be installed at all nodes. Most of the stations shall be covered with selfhealing rings.

Sharing the bandwidth with other telecom operators:

• A maximum of 30% of the total bandwidth created under this network shall be utilised by BSNL for transporting its own traffic. The remaining bandwidth (minimum 70%) is to be shared with other licensed telecom operators for providing services to rural / remote areas at subsidized rates. The bandwidth shall be provided on lease from SDHQ -SDHQ, having both end nodes in the same district or different districts.
• During the validity of the Agreement, BSNL shall provide bandwidth to other licensed telecom operators at a rate not more than 26.22% of the current TRAI ceiling tariffs prescribed in TRAI tariff notification of 21st April 2005.

Status of the Project:

• At present, network has been completely rolled-out in 25 Districts. In all 302 nodes have been connected. The details are given below:
Districts completed:

Sl. No.	Name of District	Total Nodes	Nodes completed
1	Barpeta	20	20
2	Baksa	16	6
3	Bongaigaon	9	8
4	Cachar	20	19
5	Chirang	4	4
6	Darrang	12	11
7	Dheemaji	7	7
8	Dhubri	19	14
9	Dibrugarh	12	12
10	Goalpara	13	12
11	Golaghat	11	11
12	Hailakandi	7	7
13	Jorhat	12	11
14	Kamrup (Metro)	4	2
15	Kamrup (Rural)	25	25
16	Karimganj	7	7
17	Kokrajhar	10	10
18	Lakhimpur	15	14
19	Marigaon	10	10
20	Nagaon	24	24
21	Nalbari	10	8
22	Udalguri	12	11
23	Sibsagar	14	14
24	Sonitpur	19	19
25	Tinsukia	12	11

 

List of nodes connected in the Network: 302 ( Click here for download pdf)

Contact Point Details:

The requirement of bandwidth is to be submitted to:

Officer In- charge, Network Co-ordination Unit
GM (NW-CFA), Assam Telecom Circle
ARB Road, Panbazar, Guwahati -781001
Telephone: 0361-2736310
FAX: 0361-2540111
E-mail: gmcfa_assam@bsnl.co.in