Broadband Internet Infrastructure and

International Connectivity: Status and

Future Plan

Dr. Rajendra Kumar, IAS

Joint Secretary (e-Gov)

Department of Electronics and Information Technology

Government of India

02.10.2014

Agenda

� Role of Broadband in Empowerment

� Broadband Status in India

� Future Plan

� National Optical Fiber Network

� National Information Infrastructure

Role of Broadband in Empowerment

� Broadband can empower lives both in urban /rural areas

� In India, greater impact in rural areas where ~70% people

� Key sectors: Health, Education, Governance and Democratization

of information, Livelihood and employment opportunities

� Broadband touches Bottom of Pyramid: through convergence,

policy, regulation & action

Impact of Broadband on Economy

4Source: World Bank

Studies indicate that there is 1.38 % increase in GDP for every 10 percentage point

increase in broadband penetration.

www.submarinecablemap.com

Submarine Cable Map of World

www.submarinecablemap.com

Submarine Cable Map of India

Existing Fibre In India

Average Download Speeds

Broadband Affordability Map

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Subscribers in India and Growth

Internet and Broadband Adoption

India has undergone wireless revolution

• Fastest Monthly subscriber addition in world > 3.8 million

• 10-12 competing operators in over 8000 cities & towns

• Very competitive tariff

Broadband

Broadband subscriber connection- 70.81 Million (TRAI, 10th Sep 14)

• Monthly addition – 1.98 M

• 96% additional broadband users are in Wireless Segment

• 78% Broadband Users are on Wireless

India: Present Scenario

CPE CARRIAGE

CONTENT

The growth of Internet & Broadband depends on 3Cs

Critical Factors in Broadband Growth

Future Plan

Future Demand Projection

�Plans and projections

� Rural tele-density– 70% by 2017 and 100% by 2020

� Broadband-on-demand

� Broadband Connections– from present 70m to 175m by 2017 & 600m by 2020

�Major schemes/projects

� National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) – 500,000 km of OFC; 250,000 rural PoPs with

a minimum data rate of 100 mbps

� NFS Project with 40,000 km of OFC; 414 main nodes

� Other projects for Rural Broadband, North-East Region, Islands, Border areas, etc.

Providing Broadband for All

� Vision : BB on Demand

� Increase rural tele-density:35 to 60 by 2017 and 100 by 2020

� Affordable and reliable broadband on demand

� BB connections target:

� 175 million ‐ 2017

� 600 million ‐ 2020 at minimum 2 Mbps DL speed

� Higher speeds of at least 100 Mbps on demand

� Recognize telecom and BB connectivity as a basic necessity like

education and health & work towards ‘Right to Broadband’.

� Synergize BB rollout with ongoing and future Govt. programs:

� E-gov, E‐panchayat, NREGA, NKN,AADHAR, etc.

� Great thrust on BB under the new Digital India Programme

Estimation of Gaps

� Existing fibre from Block to be leveraged by leasing existing operators

(BSNL/RAILTEL/PGCIL)

� On average, 2 km incremental OFC per Gram Panchayat required

from nearest existing OFC to GP

� No. of GPs to be covered 2,50,000

� Incremental cable needed to be laid 5,00,000 Km

� Associated electronics to be mounted on the cable from Block to GPs

� Estimated cost INR 20,000 Crore (~US $3.5 billion)

National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)

� To connect 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats(GPs) through OFC

� Aims at bridging connectivity gap between GPs and Blocks

� To be implemented by Bharat Broadband Network Ltd (BBNL).

� Envisaged as a Centre‐State joint effort

� Govt. of India to fund the project through the Universal Service

Obligation Fund (USOF): Rs. 20,000 Cr.(~US $3.5B)

� States expected to contribute by not levying any RoW charges

� Tri‐partite MoU to be signed by GOI, State Govt. & BBNL

NOFN – Contd.

•Will provide Broadband of at least 100Mbps at each GP

• Will provide non‐discriminatory access to all service

providers

• On NOFN, e‐health, e‐education, e‐governance & e-commerce

applications & video conferencing facilities can be provided

SWAN

NKN/

NICNETNOFN /

GUN

Create Network Infrastructure for E-

Gov in the states. To connect all the

offices in the state.

Key Stakeholder:

States

Key Features:

Creation of Network up to the

block level.

Funded by Centre and

Bandwidth from the states

To connect 250000

Gram Panchayats (GP)

in country

Key Stakeholders: BBNL, TSPs

Key Features:

Bridge connectivity b/w GP and blocks

Not a service provider.

Provide Connectivity from District to GP.

To connect

1500+

institutes in

country using

high

bandwidth &

low latency

network

Key Stakeholders: Office

of PSA to GoI, DeitY, NIC

Key Features:

Virtual Classrooms, Collaborative research,

Data centric services, Grid Computing,

Remote Labs, etc,

100% GoI funded

Multi 10G in the Core

Multi 1G at the District

.

National Information Infrastructure for E-Gov

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Opportunities and Potential Areas

� 3G and BroadbandWireless Access and applications

� Triple Play Services

� Next Generation network and services

� Cell phones, 2G & 3G : Fastest growing Cell phone market

� FTTH ( FiberToThe Home) -Passive Optical Networks

� Value added services in Mobile segment

� Transition from Ipv4 to Ipv6 in Indian Network

� Voice on IP protocol (VOIP) and InternetTelephony

� Security Equipment for IP networks (Internet, NLD ILD)

Thank You!

Rajendra.ias@gov.in

jsegov@deity.gov.in

D I G I T A L I N D I A

What is Digital India?

� Digital India is a Programme to prepare India for a knowledge future

� The focus is on being transformative – to realize IT + IT = IT

� The focus is on making technology central to enabling change

� It is an Umbrella Programme – covering many departments

� It weaves together a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single, comprehensive vision so that each of them is seen as part of a larger goal

� It is coordinated by DeitY, implemented by the entire government

� The weaving together makes the Mission transformative in totality

� The Programme:

� Pulls together many existing schemes

� These schemes will be restructured and re-focused

� They will be implemented in a synchronized manner

� Many elements are only process improvements with minimal cost

� The common branding of programmes as Digital India highlights their transformative impact

A programme to transform India into a digitally

empowered society and knowledge economy

D I G I T A L I N D I A

Vision of Digital India

Centered on 3 Key Areas

• Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen

• Governance & Services on Demand

• Digital Empowerment of Citizens