Ravi Shankar Prasad MOC and IT, inaugurated Wi-Fi hotspot zone created by BSNl at Taj Mahal, Agra recently. Ram Shankar Katheria, MOC (MHRD) graced the occasion as special guest. Anupam Shrivastava, CMD BSNl, NK Gupta, director BSNl, Pradeep Kumar, CGM (UP-W) and other senior officers of BSNl were also present to grace the occasion.
The facility has been created by the telecom company with the optical fibre backbone using GPON technology which can provide backhaul broadband bandwidth upto 100 Mbps through the company’s state of art MPlS network. The telecom provider would be providing free Wi-Fi services, for 30 minutes per 24 hrs (three time in a month) which visitors can utilise in multiple sessions. After free usage limit of 30 minutes is exhausted, a customer can continue using the service on paid basis. They hasvealso planned to expand the Wi-Fi facility to other locations like Khajuraho, Puri et al, by March 2016.
Prasad informed that BSNl has plans to invest more than 1,200 crores in UP(W) Circle during this financial year. Out of this, approximately Rs200 crore will be invested in upgrading and expanding mobile network.
A total of 795 number of new 2G BTSs sites are being commissioned in all secondary switching areas (SSAs) of UP(W) circle to increase the coverage of BSNl mobile services. The company is expanding its 3G network in all SSAs by installing a total of 596 new 3G BTSs. This expansion will help in providing improved 3G services to existing subscribers as well as in 152 new places.
Approximately Rs982 crores will be invested in national optical fibre network under Phase-I covering 14,474 village panchayats spread over 227 blocks covering more than 30,000 villages of UP(W) circle.
He further added that BSNl is replacing 30 years old switching technology with latest next generation network technology. In initial phase more than 50,000 such telephone lines are allotted to UP(W) circle covering Meerut, Ghaziabad and Noida areas.