Work on bandwidth lease-out starts this week: BSNL
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Weeks after the signing of an agreement by New Delhi and Dhaka on telecommunication links, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced that the work will start this week to operationalise the system, reports UNB.
Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to start work next week to link Akhaura with International Gateway for Internet Service (IGIS) in Coxs Bazar, BSNLs chief general manager DP Singh told reporters on Saturday, reports NDTV yesterday.
In presence of visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, an agreement was signed in Dhaka on June 6 between Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited for leasing out of international bandwidth for Internet at Akhaura, the NDTV report says quoting an Indian news agency.
After the establishment of the optical fibre cable (OFC) link between Akhaura along Agartala and Coxs Bazar, there wouldnt only be a sea change in the Internet and telecommunication connectivity in northeast India, but the rest of the country would also be benefited by getting additional Internet bandwidth, DP Singh said.
The official also said the Indian government would spend Rs 19.14 crores to create the infrastructure, including laying of OFC to avail the 10G bandwidth from BSCCL. India had to give around Rs 8 crores per year to BSCCL to avail of the telecommunication linkages, Singh said.
After more than four years of diplomatic and political parleys, the deal was signed between BSCCL and BSNL, the BSNL official added.
