\"\"NEW DELHI: The government has proposed a subsidy of Rs 3,600 crore to private telcos such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Reliance Jio through viability gap funding, for setting up Wi-Fi in rural areas as part of the second phase of the BharatNet<\/a> project, set for a launch Monday.
\n
\n​With Phase 1 of BharatNet set to complete by the end of 2017 – which will give fibre connectivity to 1 lakh gram panchayats at an investment of Rs 11,200 crore – the government intends to double the fibre to 20 lakh km by March 2019 under phase 2 of the project, with an overall investment of Rs 34,000 crore.
\n
\nThe telecom department (DoT) will also sign pacts with Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand that will roll out Phase 2 of BharatNet on their own with partial funding from the government.
\n
\"We will launch phase 2 of BharatNet tomorrow to connect 1.5 lakh gram panchayats with high-speed broadband by March 2019. Phase 1 of the project, under which 1 lakh GPs were to be connected, will be completed by the end of this year. We expect telecom operators to provide at least 2 megabit per second speed to rural households,\" telecom secretary
Aruna Sundararajan<\/a> told reporters on Sunday.
\n
\nUnder the project, connection points or exchange for optical fibre will be set up at each panchayat. Thereafter, carriers can buy connection or bandwidth from the government to sell the same in rural areas.
\n
\nSources said Airtel has already connected its 4G broadband network using BharatNet’s optical fibre in live sites of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
\n
\nALSO READ: ​
Govt to start Rs 34,000-cr BharatNet phase 2 from tomorrow<\/a><\/strong>
\n
Airtel plans to utilize Bharatnet’s
optical fibre network<\/a> in around 30,500 gram panchayats, for which it has already started the survey and feasibility study in a large number of villages.
\n
\"India, at present, has 38,000 Wi-fi hotspots. Under
BharatNet phase 2<\/a>, around 6-7 lakh Wi-fi hotspots will be added with 2-5 hotpsots in each panchayat. Some of the Wi-fi hotspots may not be commercially viable initially. So, we will provide viability gap funding of around Rs 3,600 crore to telecom operators,\" the secretary said. The total cost of the project will be around Rs 10,000 crore.
\n
\nThe secretary added that the government wants to dramatically increase the number of Wi-Fi hotspots under phase 2, for which it is prepared to give partial funding to private players, which may be telcos, internet service providers or others.
\n
\nALSO READ: <\/strong>
Government to float tender for Wi-Fi service in panchayats by 2019<\/a><\/strong>
\n
\nUnder BharatNet phase 1, the government has set up 15,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, of which around 11,000 are in rural areas and the rest in semi-rural. After the completion of phase 2 by 2020, the hot spots should cover 100 million people, the secretary added.
\n
\nFor taking broadband services to the masses using Bharat Net, the government expects investment and coverage commitments from carriers like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea and Jio. The companies did not comment on the details of their plans as of Sunday evening.
\n
\n“The additional optic fibre will provide bandwidth to telecom players, at bulk rates which are 75% less than the rates at which they currently buy,” she added, underlining the enhanced ability of carriers to deliver digital services such as payments, education and health through the Bharat Net network by installing the last mile network.
\n
\nThe services will be offered at low rates, given the scale of competition in the sector, further fuelled by the low-cost of the back-end network that the telcos would get, Sundararajan added.
\n
\nThe government aims to bridge digital divide in rural and remote areas of the country by providing affordable broadband at minimum 100 Mbps speeds through robust network infrastructure through the Rs 45,000 crore Bharat Net programme, which was earlier known as National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN).
\n
\nThe network under phase 2 will have a mix of underground fibre, aerial fibre, radio and satellite media as per modifications rather than only by underground fibre, which was the initial strategy. The ambitious project has rugged and low-maintenance equipment manufactured domestically, on technology created by government-backed C-DoT.
\n
\nOnce completed, the government believes BharatNet can add around Rs 4.5 lakh crore to the national gross domestic product, basis an ICRIER study which suggests that every 10% usage of Internet in India drives up GDP by 3.3%.
\n
\nUnder the second phase, BSNL will roll out optical fibre in eight states -- Assam, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim that were not covered under the first phase of Bharat Net. Meanwhile, Power Grid Corporation of India will set up the network in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Odisha.
\n
\nALSO READ:
Government to float tender for Wi-Fi service in panchayats by 2019<\/a><\/strong>
\n
\n
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政府计划Rs 3.6 k-crore补贴为BharatNet电信公司

BharatNet的第一阶段将完成在2017年底——这将使纤维连接负载克panchayats投资11200卢比。

  • 更新于2017年11月13日,32点坚持
新德里:政府提出了3600卢比的补贴等私人电信公司Bharti Airtel沃达丰印度,通过可行性细胞和信实Jio缺口资金,设置无线网络在农村地区的第二阶段的一部分BharatNet项目,定于周一发射。

BharatNet的第一阶段将完成在2017年底——这将使纤维连接负载克panchayats投资11200卢比——政府打算双20十万的公里的纤维在项目的第二阶段,2019年3月的总投资34000卢比。

电信部门与马哈拉施特拉邦(点)还将签署协议,古吉拉特邦,恰蒂斯加尔邦,安得拉邦,Telangana泰米尔纳德邦和恰尔肯德邦,将推出第二阶段的自己BharatNet部分来自政府的资助。

“明天我们将启动第二阶段BharatNet连接1.5十万的克panchayats高速宽带,2019年3月。项目的第一阶段,即1十万的GPs连接,将在今年年底完成。我们希望电信运营商提供至少2每秒速度农村家庭,“电信部长一边抚摸Sundararajan周日告诉记者。

下项目,连接点或换取光纤将建立在每一个村委会。此后,航空公司可以购买连接或带宽从政府出售相同的在农村地区。

消息人士称Airtel已经连接了4 g宽带网络使用BharatNet光纤的生活网站中央邦和拉贾斯坦邦。

还读:政府开始Rs 34000 - cr BharatNet第二阶段从明天

Airtel利用Bharatnet的计划光纤网络在30500克“村务委员会”,它已经开始调查和可行性研究,在大量的村庄。

“目前,印度有38000 wi - fi热点。下BharatNet第二阶段,大约6 - 7十万的wi - fi热点与2 - 5将被添加在每个村委会hotpsots。的wi - fi热点可能不是最初的商业可行性。因此,我们将提供可行性缺口资金约3600卢比的电信运营商,”部长说。项目的总成本将约10000卢比。

部长说,政府想要大幅增加wi - fi热点的数量在第二阶段,它准备给私人玩家部分资金,这可能是电信运营商、互联网服务提供商或其他人。

还读: 政府浮动投标wi - fi服务到2019年“村务委员会”

BharatNet第1阶段下,政府已成立15000 wi - fi热点,其中大约11000在农村地区和半乡村式的休息。第二阶段完成后,到2020年,热点应该覆盖1亿人,秘书说。

在宽带服务群众使用巴拉特网,政府预计的投资和保险承诺运营商Bharti Airtel,沃达丰印度、想法和Jio。公司没有评论他们的计划在周日晚上的细节。

“额外的光纤将为电信提供带宽的球员,会大量的不到75%的利率目前购买,”她补充说,强调增强运营商提供数字化服务的能力,如支付,通过巴拉特网网络教育和健康通过安装网络最后一英里。

服务将以低利率,因为竞争部门的规模,进一步推动低成本的后端网络,电信公司将Sundararajan补充道。

政府旨在弥合数字鸿沟在农村和偏远地区的国家通过提供负担得起的宽带至少100 Mbps的速度通过强大的网络基础设施通过45000卢比巴拉特网项目,前身是全国光纤网络(NOFN)。

网络在第二阶段将有一个混合的地下纤维、空中纤维,无线电和卫星媒体/修改而不是只有地下纤维,这是最初的策略。雄心勃勃的项目有崎岖和低设备国内制造,技术由政府支持的C-DoT。

一旦完成,政府相信BharatNet可以添加4.5十万的卢比左右国家国内生产总值(GDP)的基础-研究表明,每使用互联网在印度10%推高国内生产总值的3.3%。

根据第二阶段,BSNL将推出光纤在八个州——阿萨姆邦,哈里亚纳邦、中央邦、拉贾斯坦邦、北方邦,西孟加拉邦、查谟和克什米尔和锡金没有覆盖在巴拉特网的第一阶段。与此同时,印度电网公司将建立网络在喜马偕尔邦,北阿坎德邦和Odisha。

还读:政府浮动投标wi - fi服务到2019年“村务委员会”


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\"\"NEW DELHI: The government has proposed a subsidy of Rs 3,600 crore to private telcos such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Reliance Jio through viability gap funding, for setting up Wi-Fi in rural areas as part of the second phase of the BharatNet<\/a> project, set for a launch Monday.
\n
\n​With Phase 1 of BharatNet set to complete by the end of 2017 – which will give fibre connectivity to 1 lakh gram panchayats at an investment of Rs 11,200 crore – the government intends to double the fibre to 20 lakh km by March 2019 under phase 2 of the project, with an overall investment of Rs 34,000 crore.
\n
\nThe telecom department (DoT) will also sign pacts with Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand that will roll out Phase 2 of BharatNet on their own with partial funding from the government.
\n
\"We will launch phase 2 of BharatNet tomorrow to connect 1.5 lakh gram panchayats with high-speed broadband by March 2019. Phase 1 of the project, under which 1 lakh GPs were to be connected, will be completed by the end of this year. We expect telecom operators to provide at least 2 megabit per second speed to rural households,\" telecom secretary
Aruna Sundararajan<\/a> told reporters on Sunday.
\n
\nUnder the project, connection points or exchange for optical fibre will be set up at each panchayat. Thereafter, carriers can buy connection or bandwidth from the government to sell the same in rural areas.
\n
\nSources said Airtel has already connected its 4G broadband network using BharatNet’s optical fibre in live sites of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
\n
\nALSO READ: ​
Govt to start Rs 34,000-cr BharatNet phase 2 from tomorrow<\/a><\/strong>
\n
Airtel plans to utilize Bharatnet’s
optical fibre network<\/a> in around 30,500 gram panchayats, for which it has already started the survey and feasibility study in a large number of villages.
\n
\"India, at present, has 38,000 Wi-fi hotspots. Under
BharatNet phase 2<\/a>, around 6-7 lakh Wi-fi hotspots will be added with 2-5 hotpsots in each panchayat. Some of the Wi-fi hotspots may not be commercially viable initially. So, we will provide viability gap funding of around Rs 3,600 crore to telecom operators,\" the secretary said. The total cost of the project will be around Rs 10,000 crore.
\n
\nThe secretary added that the government wants to dramatically increase the number of Wi-Fi hotspots under phase 2, for which it is prepared to give partial funding to private players, which may be telcos, internet service providers or others.
\n
\nALSO READ: <\/strong>
Government to float tender for Wi-Fi service in panchayats by 2019<\/a><\/strong>
\n
\nUnder BharatNet phase 1, the government has set up 15,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, of which around 11,000 are in rural areas and the rest in semi-rural. After the completion of phase 2 by 2020, the hot spots should cover 100 million people, the secretary added.
\n
\nFor taking broadband services to the masses using Bharat Net, the government expects investment and coverage commitments from carriers like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea and Jio. The companies did not comment on the details of their plans as of Sunday evening.
\n
\n“The additional optic fibre will provide bandwidth to telecom players, at bulk rates which are 75% less than the rates at which they currently buy,” she added, underlining the enhanced ability of carriers to deliver digital services such as payments, education and health through the Bharat Net network by installing the last mile network.
\n
\nThe services will be offered at low rates, given the scale of competition in the sector, further fuelled by the low-cost of the back-end network that the telcos would get, Sundararajan added.
\n
\nThe government aims to bridge digital divide in rural and remote areas of the country by providing affordable broadband at minimum 100 Mbps speeds through robust network infrastructure through the Rs 45,000 crore Bharat Net programme, which was earlier known as National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN).
\n
\nThe network under phase 2 will have a mix of underground fibre, aerial fibre, radio and satellite media as per modifications rather than only by underground fibre, which was the initial strategy. The ambitious project has rugged and low-maintenance equipment manufactured domestically, on technology created by government-backed C-DoT.
\n
\nOnce completed, the government believes BharatNet can add around Rs 4.5 lakh crore to the national gross domestic product, basis an ICRIER study which suggests that every 10% usage of Internet in India drives up GDP by 3.3%.
\n
\nUnder the second phase, BSNL will roll out optical fibre in eight states -- Assam, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim that were not covered under the first phase of Bharat Net. Meanwhile, Power Grid Corporation of India will set up the network in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Odisha.
\n
\nALSO READ:
Government to float tender for Wi-Fi service in panchayats by 2019<\/a><\/strong>
\n
\n
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