details of telecom facilities in north east region ( cos meeting on 15 th june,2012)

DETAILS OF TELECOM FACILITIES

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NORTH EAST REGION

( COS MEETING ON 15TH JUNE,2012)

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MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION & ITDEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NORTH EAST TELECOM - STRUCTURE

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North East Region comprises of Three Telecom Licensed Service Areas (LSAs)

Assam LSA covers full Assam state North East LSA covers six states viz.

Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur. However, BSNL has further segregated North East LSA into North East-1(Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram) and North East-2(Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur) telecom circles

Sikkim state is a part of West Bengal LSA

TELE-DENSITY

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As on Assam

North East

(Except Assam & Sikkim)

All India

March 2006 5.67 6.78 12.74

March 2007 9.74 12.44 18.22

March 2008 14.74 19.32 26.22

March 2009 20.65 28.59 36.98

March 2010 29.99 43.22 52.74

March 2011 38.98 56.50 70.89

March 2012 46.61 65.72 78.66

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NO OF BTS OF MAJOR TELECOM OPERATORS

Operator Assam

North East(Except Assam &

Sikkim)

BSNL 1733 (5th) 1605 (2nd)

Aircel 2518 (2nd) 1721 (1st)

Airtel 2598 (1st) 1496

Idea 673 709

Reliance 1950 (4th) 753

Vodafone 2409 (3rd) 1140

TATA 295 189

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MOBILE CONNECTIONS AND MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR TELECOM

OPERATORS

Operator Assam

%age Market Share

(Assam)

North East

(Except Assam & Sikkim)

%ageMarket Share(North East)

BSNL 14,92,608 18.3 (4th) 18,68,477 21.3 (3rd))

Aircel 37,09,165 25.7 (1st) 24,22,955 27.6 (1st)

Airtel 36,83,492 25.5 (2nd) 22,77,584 26 (2nd)

Idea 3,12,629 2.2 2,03,645 2.3

Reliance 28,79,433 20 (3rd) 9,76,948 11.1

Vodafone 21,48,285 14.9 9,14,401 10.5

TATA 1,30,534 1 75,417 0.9

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BROADBAND COVERAGE OF BSNL

Telecom Circle

Total Broadband

Assam

DHQs 27 27

BHQs 223 170

Villages 25124 6995

NE-1(Meghalya, Tripura & Mizoram)

DHQs 23 23

BHQs 106 53

Villages 7347 254

NE-2(Arunachal Pradesh,

Nagaland & Manipur)

DHQs 37 32

BHQs 181 75

Villages 7456 301

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MOBILE COVERAGE OF MAJOR OPEARTORS

Service

Area

Total BSNL AIRCEL

AIRTEL RELI-ANCE

IDEA VODA-FONE

Assam

DHQs 27 27 27 27 27 19 26

BHQs 223 217 217 NA 223 60 NA

Villages

25124 17556 12401 16805 18671 2736 12011

North East

(Except Assam

& Sikkim)

DHQs 60 60 40 43 51 32 43

BHQs 287 235 110 NA 169 29 NA

Villages

14803 5719 2179 3055 3062 649 2184

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MOBILE COVERAGE ALONG HIGHWAYS/RAILWAYS ROUTES OF MAJOR

OPERATORS Servic

e Area

Total KM

BSNL AIRCEL

AIRTEL RELI-ANCE

IDEA VODA-FONE

Assam

NH 2836

2545 2752 2315 1997 879 2317

SH 3215

1593 2320 NA 1185 373 2488

Railways

2216

1914 2081 2242 2169 692 1394

North East

(Except Assam

& Sikkim)

NH 3982

1915 1923 1690 1135 393 1850

SH 5017

2984 2294 186 412 75 2983

Railways

125 67 77 73 93 19 37

ATR ON THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN LAST COS MEETING

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Last CoS meeting held on 04-08-2011 Decisions taken during the meeting and

status thereof:1.DoT may expand facilities such as

Broadband in NER. USOF has launched a scheme to provide wireline

Broadband connectivity to rural/remote areas by leveraging the existing wireline exchanges.

USOF has also launched a scheme to provide sufficient backhaul capacity by creation of Intra district SDHQ-DHQ OFC Network.

USOF has planned to connect all Gram Panchayat in the country including North East through OFC (NOFN).

S. No.

State Number of Rural Exchanges

Number of Broadband Connections planned

Broadband connections provided

1. Assam 429 13299 13182. Meghala

ya 56 1736

903. Mizoram 35 1085 1774. Tripura 58 1798 4175. Manipur 54 1674 1556. Arunach

al Pradesh

105 3255

1617. Nagalan

d 62 1922

408. Sikkim 47 1457 47

Total 846 26226 2405

Status of Wireline Broadband Scheme of USOF

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Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) Network Augmentation in Assam

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Objective To provide financial support for OFC Network augmentation between the blocks' HQ and Districts' HQ to provide sufficient backhaul capacity

Target 354 nodes

Achievement 189 Nodes

Implementation Period

From February 2010 to August 2012

Total Subsidy Rs.98.89 Crore

Subsidy disbursal

NIL

BE for 2012-13

Rs.24.75 Crore

USP BSNL

Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) Network Augmentation in NE-I (Meghalaya,

Mizoram & Tripura)

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Target 189 nodes

Achievement Rollout yet to start


From January 2012 to January 2014


Subsidy disbursal

NIL

BE for 2012-13

Rs.17.90 Crore

USP RailTel

Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) Network Augmentation in NE-II (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur & Nagaland)

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Target 407 Nodes

Achievement Rollout yet to start


From January 2012 to July 2014


Subsidy disbursal

NIL

BE for 2012-13

Rs.59.70 Crore

USP RailTel

ATR ON THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN LAST COS MEETING …CONTD

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BSNL has planned to augment its Broadband capacity.

Purchase order for procurement of modems has been placed and supply is expected to commence from July 2012. Presently, 1.79 lakh ports capacity has been deployed in NE Region and about 55,000 ports capacity has been planned. The reason for not meeting broadband targets in NE region is that-a) Availability and reliability of electricity in rural areas is poor, b) computer penetration is very low, and c)computer literacy is poor.

ATR ON THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN LAST COS MEETING … CONTD

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2. BSNL and other Private operators may be asked to pay attention to quality aspect of connectivity.

TRAI has been requested to look into the QoS aspect of Telecom Services in NER. In addition BSNL has also been advised by DoT to ensure the QoS in NER as per TRAI Standards.

BSNL has informed that backbone OFC network is continued to be affected by road widening work and maintenance activities in entire NER. However, the faulty routes are being restored by laying overhead OFC and in some cases Radio systems are also deployed. Besides bandwidth has also being hired from PGCIL, OIL & MECL, but full protection can not be provided.

ATR ON THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN LAST COS MEETING

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3. DONER may flag the issue of under sea connectivity to the NER through COX Bazaar to MEA.

Connectivity via Akhura border - M/o External Affairs has recently sought a detailed proposal. BSNL was asked to send the detailed proposal along with estimates which has been received and the same is being sent to M/o External Affairs with a copy to DoNER.

In the meanwhile, USOF has written to DoNER and MEA on 14.06.2012 to furnish the following clarifications: Whether DoNER would be funding the project ? The response of Bangladesh authorities received so far in the

matter and consequent methodology for operation and maintenance of network in case the proposal is concurred by them.

Bandwidth charges to be levied by Bangladesh authorities on long term basis.

ATR ON THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN LAST COS MEETING … CONTD

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Connectivity via Cox Bazar- As regards Cox Bazar, the connectivity via Akhura is an optimized route based on studies of M/s TCIL and BSNL. Thus, the question of one more route via Cox Bazar would arise if route via Akhura does not materialize or found inadequate based on experience.

Comprehensive Telecom Plan of BSNL

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Based on the request of National Advisory Council (NAC) and in consultation with Member NEC (Sh P P Srivastava), BSNL has prepared a comprehensive Telecom Plan for North East.

This plan is proposed to be implemented in two phases.

Phase I – Includes investment to the tune of Rs 8965 crores, out of which Rs1055 crores will be funded by BSNL from its own resources. However, BSNL will require fund / Grants of Rs 7910 crores for complete implementation of Phase –I which will take 3 years.

Phase –II – It requires investment to the tune of Rs 10,677 crores. BSNL will require the whole amount in grants.

Summary of BSNL’s Comprehensive Plan (contd.)

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Sl. Phase of Plan Time Frame

BSNL’s own Plans (To be Funded by

BSNL)

Plans to be carried out by BSNL , if funded by Govt.

Capital Recurring (annual) approx.

1. First Phasea) Bandwidth hiring Immedi

ateRs 35 Cr. (PA) x 5

Rs. 109 Cr (PA) x5

b) Cable replacement, New Cable, duct and radio systems.

3 Years Rs. 240 Cr. Rs. 2581 Cr Rs. 33 Cr

c) Network expansion, up-gradation and Service improvement

3 Years Rs. 643 Cr. Rs. 4817 Cr Rs. 496 Cr

Total Rs. 1055 Cr Rs. 7910 Cr Rs. 667 Cr

2 Second Phase 3 Years after completion of first phase

Nil Rs 10677 Cr Rs 600 Cr. App

Improvement anticipated after implementation of Plan

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Indicator Present status Status After Phase-I

Status After Phase-II

GSM coverage

SDHQ and BHQ

73 % to 97 % 100 % 100 %

Villages 21 % to 81 % 60% to 90 % 90% to 100 %

Highways 26 % to 92 % 75% to 95 % 90% to 100 %

Wire line Broadband coverage

BHQ 29.5 % to 76% 60% to 90 % 90% to 100 %

Villages 1 % to 27.84 % 20% to 50 % 50% to 80 %

Network Reliability 95 % to 99 % 99.5 % 99.95%

Bandwidth availability

SHQs 100 Gb 400 Gb 1000 Gb

DHQs 2.5 Gb to 10 Gb 100 Gb 400 Gb

Tele-densityAssam 45.57 % 60 % At par with

National Average

NE 60.67 % 70 %

Impact of Availability of Power on reliability

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The power supply in rural area in NE Region is not reliable.

The performance of telecom network depends on availability and reliability of electric supply.

Provision for 10 hrs battery backup has been made in the plan.

Prolonged power failure results in degradation of batteries.

Thanks

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