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\n\n\tKolkata:<\/strong> The government plans to establish a nearly 1,200-km direct subsea optic fibre cable link between the Indian mainland<\/a> and Andaman & Nicobar islands (A&NI) to beef up telecom connectivity in the strategically located archipelago, says a confidential Planning Commission<\/a> note seen by ET.<\/p>\n Building a dedicated subsea optic fibre link between Chennai and Port Blair<\/a> is seen \"as the best approach\" to strengthen telecom connectivity to the A&NI in the light of \"strategic, defence and internal security interests,\" say the minutes of an internal Planning Commission<\/a> meeting attended by top officials of the telecom department, defence ministry and Telecom Consultants India (TCIL).<\/p>\n \n\tEarlier suggestions to branch off a 'spur' or feeder route to Port Blair<\/a> and other islands in the Union territory from one of the three existing Chennai-Singapore international undersea cable systems have been abandoned.<\/p>\n \n\tAt present, Bharti, RCom and Tata Comm run independent submarine cable systems between Chennai and Singapore. Each of these subsea cable systems spans a distance upwards of 3,100 km.<\/p>\n DoT had been open to the \"spur concept\" and had urged TCIL to examine whether it would be cheaper than investing in a new 1,200 km optic fibre subsea link between Chennai and Andamans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":36002685,"title":"Government extends BSNL CMD R K Upadhyay's tenure till June-end","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/policy\/government-extends-bsnl-cmd-r-k-upadhyays-tenure-till-june-end\/36002685","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"policy"}],"related_content":[],"msid":36031695,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Govt plans to establish subsea optic fibre link between Indian Mainland and Andaman","synopsis":"Earlier suggestions to branch off a 'spur' or feeder route to Port Blair and other islands in the Union territory from one of the three existing Chennai-Singapore international undersea cable systems have been abandoned.","titleseo":"policy\/govt-plans-to-establish-subsea-optic-fibre-link-between-indian-mainland-and-andaman","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Kalyan Parbat","author_link":"\/author\/4437\/kalyan-parbat","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/4437.cms?width=100&height=100","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":4437,"author_name":"Kalyan Parbat","author_seo_name":"kalyan-parbat","designation":"Assistant Telecom Editor at the Level of Senior Assistant Editor","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":false,"artdate":"2014-06-04 15:02:59","lastupd":"2014-06-04 15:55:51","breadcrumbTags":["policy","Planning commission","PORT BLAIR","Andamans","Indian mainland","Telecom link"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"policy\/govt-plans-to-establish-subsea-optic-fibre-link-between-indian-mainland-and-andaman"}}" data-authors="[" kalyan parbat"]" data-category-name="Policy" data-category_id="19" data-date="2014-06-04" data-index="article_1">
加尔各答:政府计划建立一个近1200公里直接海底光纤电缆之间的联系印度大陆安达曼和尼科巴群岛(A&NI)在战略上加强电信连接位于群岛,说保密计划委员会注意被等。 建立一个专用的水下光纤钦奈和之间的联系布莱尔港”被视为最好的方法”,加强电信连接到A&NI的“战略、国防和内部安全利益”说,一个内部的分钟吗计划委员会电信部门的高级官员出席的会议上,印度国防部和电信顾问(TCIL)。 建议早些时候分支“刺激”或支线航线布莱尔港在欧盟和其他岛屿领土从一个现有的三个Chennai-Singapore国际海底电缆系统已经被抛弃了。 目前,Bharti,信实电信和塔塔通信运行独立的钦奈和新加坡之间的海底电缆系统。这些海底电缆系统跨越距离超过3100公里。 点已经开放“刺激概念”,并敦促TCIL检查是否低于投资一个新的1200公里光纤海底钦奈和之间的联系安达曼群岛上。
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