Postal, Mobile, and Telecom Industries

Bharat Sanchar Nigam is planning Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) Network in Central & Southern India. The Power Transmission & Distribution Business of L&T Construction has secured a major contract worth Rs. 24.42 billion for supply, trenching, laying, installation, testing & commissioning of Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) Network which will establish exclusive optical national long distance backbone & optical access routes or the defence network. The scope largely covers OFC routes in central & Southern India. The projectwill be handled on a turnkey basis, intended for rollout of a nationwide OFC network which will be owned & operated by the Defense Services. The mega network will be deployed with state-of-the-art fibre optic cable technology which will form the backbone optical highway infrastructure & serve as a highly resilient & reliable communication media for the defense sector. The project is scheduled to be completed in a time frame of 18 months. [Info as of: Jul. `14]

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