News TRAI floats consultation paper for BharatNet

[Technoglitch]

Trai today said it was for the effective implementation of BharatNet, for which it had floated a consultation paper whose recommendations will be available by next month.

“BharatNet should not have the same fate as National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) which did not take off ultimately.

“TRAI has floated a consultation paper and the recommendations are expected by next month,” Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman RS Sharma told reporters on the sidelines of Infocom seminar here.

He said TRAI favoured a Build-Operate-Transfer (BoT) model for the private sector’s involvement in both construction of the network and providing services.

TRAI floats consultation paper for BharatNet; says it should not end up like NOFN – Tech2

 

[scorpionking76]

Technoglitch bro, what is in it for the common man?

 

[Technoglitch]

Technoglitch bro, what is in it for the common man?

it is for the govt purposes, connecting the last level of the village like panchayat office and their online services.

 

[scorpionking76]

Oh okay, I thought for consumers. thanks for the clarification.

 

[IndianMascot]

Very NIce step towards Digital India

 

[IndianMascot]

The national telecom policy of 2012 had aimed to achieve 175 million broadband connections by the year 2017 and 600 million by the year 2020 at a minimum 2 megabits per second (Mbps) download speed. Eventually, it hoped to provide higher speeds of at least 100 Mbps on demand.

"But the NOFN did not deliver on its goal to provide connectivity to 250,000 gram panchayats across the country due to structural issues," Sharma said at the 14<+>th<+> edition of Infocom, an ABP group initiative.

A consultation paper on BharatNet floated by Trai two weeks ago said only 3,384 gram panchayats had been connected till date.

BharatNet was conceived after a review of the earlier NOFN project carried out earlier this year.

"Yesterday, we debated at TRAI how BharatNet can be implemented so that it doesn't suffer the structural constraints of the earlier programme. "

The aim is to 1 gigabit per second of connectivity to the panchayats. "If we can achieve that we will be able to deliver tele-education, tele-medicine, and even entertainment through IP television. You might not require digital cable TV or direct to home (DTH). Even banking and insurance services can ride on this network," Sharma said.

It is still not known how BharatNet will be funded and operated.


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