India: Telecom cos to expand optical fibre network.Byline: datta03 Indian telecom operators are expanding their optical fibre network in the country with an eye on increasing revenues from enterprise customers. Idea Cellular, Aircel and Powertel (the telecom-focused business unit of power transmission major PowerGrid) have taken the lead here. The idea is to lease out broadband capacity on the enhanced optical infrastructure to overseas telecom operators, in addition to supporting their own communication needs. Aditya Birla group The Aditya Birla Group is a multinational corporation based in India and operations in 20 countries including Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines, Egypt, Canada, Australia, China, USA, UK, Germany, Hungary, Brazil, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Malaysia and Korea. company Idea Cellular aims to have 45,000 route km of optical fibre by the end of this fiscal from the present level of 38,000 route km, Mr Anil Tandan, Chief Technology Officer told Business Line on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. of the 3G India Conference 2009. Apart from carrying our own long distance traffic and intra-circle traffic, the optical infrastructure would also enable us to lease out capacity to international players, he said. Multinational telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. companies, which include British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. and SingTel provide enterprise telephony services to corporate customers by offering connectivity between India and other countries through undersea cable networks. However, for inter-city connectivity in India, they have to largely depend on the optical fibre networks provided by BSNL BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited BSNL Biosecurity and Nanoscience Laboratory , Reliance Communications  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , Bharti Airtel For the information technology, see . Bharti Airtel (भारती एअरटेल), formerly known as Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited (BTVL) is among India's largest mobile phone and Fixed Network operators. and PowerGrid, among others. This provides a new revenue stream to these companies considering that they need to erect e·rect adj. 1. Being in or having a vertical, upright position. 2. Being in or having a stiff, rigid physiological condition. fibres in any case for their own communication needs. Optical fibres are used by telcos to transmit telephone signals, Internet communication and cable television signals. Maxis Communications-owned Aircel proposes to increase the reach of its optical fibre network to 25,000 route km from 10,000 route km, says Mr Mallikarjuna Rao, Chief, Network and Engineering Operations. It is also keen to offer bandwidth capacity to overseas telcos with customers in India. Mr Rao sees economic sense in co-building and co-sharing optical infrastructure given the high costs associated with building them. Powertel expects to have optical fibre lines of 31,000 route km in the next two years, said a company official. BSNL has the largest optical fibre cable network in the country, comprising at least 600,000 route km covering all State capitals and district headquarters. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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