$\"\"$ KOLKATA: The fate of a near Rs 30,000-crore telecom venture for delivering community wi-fi services using the upcoming national optic fibre network (NOFN<\/a>) venture is mired in uncertainty following Bharat Sanchar Nigam’s refusal to lease its dark or `unused' fibre resources for the project.

The proposed government-to-citizen community e-services project “depends heavily on BSNL<\/a>’s infrastructure, especially its dark fibre resources, but BSNL has expressed its inability to lease the dark fibre,” says an internal telecom department (DoT) note, seen by ET.

State-run BSNL has communicated its decision to Bharat Broadband<\/a> Networks Ltd (BBNL), which has been mandated to deliver the gamut of community-based broadband services ranging from e-health, e-education, e-governance to e-commerce transactions across 2.5 lakh gram panchayats that will be linked by the national broadband network.

\n\n\tBSNL could not be reached immediately for comment but DoT insiders familiar the matter said the telco is averse to leasing its unused fibre on grounds that it needs spare bandwidth for ensuring uninterrupted telecom coverage in remote areas and for its own network expansion needs.\n

\n\n\tThe timing couldn't have been worse since Bharat Broadband Network was preparing to apply for a pan-India internet service provider licence to deliver G2C wi-fi services. BBNL needs the ISP permit to diversify into e-services as it is currently just a wholesale bandwidth supplier for the NOFN project.\n

\n\n\tThe latest hurdle comes at a time when DoT was preparing to seek Cabinet approval for implementing the e-services venture proposed to be co-funded by the rural development ministry and the Universal Services Obligation Fund - a DoT arm that subsidises rural network infrastructure rollouts.\n

\n\n\tWhile the rural development ministry is expected to handle the Rs 24,720-crore operating expenditure bill over a 10 year-span, the USOF will shoulder the Rs 4,942 crore capex component.\n

\n\n\tDoT is keen to implement the e-services project on a priority basis to create a rural broadband ecosystem by leveraging the NOFN backbone. Its objective is to develop this ecosystem for recovering the cost of the expensive NOFN infrastructure.\n

\n\n\tThe Rs 21,000-crore NOFN backbone is the telecom ministry's most ambitious venture for taking high-speed internet to the hinterlands, but the government needs a commercially viable broadband ecosystem, courtesy the e-services venture to recover costs. \n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":38978760,"title":"STPL was Reliance ADA Group company: CBI to 2G case witness","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/policy\/stpl-was-reliance-ada-group-company-cbi-to-2g-case-witness\/38978760","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"policy"}],"related_content":[],"msid":38978928,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Setback to govt e-services project; BSNL reluctant to lease out dark fibre","synopsis":"The fate of a near Rs 30,000-crore NOFN venture is mired in uncertainty following BSNL's refusal to lease its dark or `unused' fibre resources","titleseo":"policy\/setback-to-govt-e-services-project-bsnl-reluctant-to-lease-out-dark-fibre","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&hostid=268","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":"2014-07-24 19:01:54","lastupd":"2014-07-24 19:03:12","breadcrumbTags":["policy","BSNL","NOFN","Bharat Broadband","Dark Fiber"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"policy\/setback-to-govt-e-services-project-bsnl-reluctant-to-lease-out-dark-fibre"}}" data-authors="[" kalyan parbat"]" data-category-name="Policy" data-category_id="19" data-date="2014-07-24" data-index="article_1">

政策

挫折政府电子服务项目;BSNL不愿意出租黑暗的纤维

的命运价值30000卢比的NOFN附近企业陷入不确定性BSNL拒绝租赁后暗或未使用的纤维资源

Kalyan尔巴特

更新于2014年7月24日下午07:03坚持

加尔各答:命运的一个价值30000卢比的电信企业提供社区附近的wi - fi服务使用即将到来的全国光纤网络(NOFN)企业陷入不确定性Bharat Sanchar Nigam说拒绝租赁后的黑暗或未使用的纤维资源项目。

拟议中的government-to-citizen社区电子商务项目”在很大程度上依赖于BSNL的基础设施,特别是深色纤维资源,但BSNL表示无力租赁黑暗的纤维,”说,一个内部电信部门(点),等。

国营BSNL传达决定巴拉特宽带网络有限公司(BBNL),要求提供以社区为基础的宽带服务的范围从e-health,电子,电子政务,电子商务交易在2.5十万的克panchayats将由国家宽带网络有关。

BSNL无法联系到立即置评,但点内部知情人士表示,电信厌恶租赁其未使用的纤维上的胡子,因为它需要空闲带宽保证不间断电信覆盖在偏远地区和自己的网络扩张的需求。

时间不可能更糟因为巴拉特宽带网络正准备申请pan-India互联网服务提供商提供G2C wi - fi服务许可证。BBNL需要ISP允许多样化为电子商务目前只是一个批发带宽供应商NOFN项目。

正值最新的障碍点准备寻求内阁批准实施电子商务的风险提出共同资助的农村发展部门与普遍服务义务基金——一个点的手臂补贴农村网络基础设施交付)。

而农村发展部门预计将处理价值24720卢比的营运开支法案10年来,USOF将承担4942卢比的资本组件。

点是渴望实现电子商务项目优先级的基础上创建一个农村宽带生态系统通过利用NOFN骨干。其目的是开发这个生态系统恢复的成本昂贵NOFN基础设施。

价值21000卢比的NOFN骨干是电信部门最具雄心的风险采取高速互联网的内陆地区,但政府需要一个商业上可行的宽带的生态系统,由电子商务企业收回成本。

2014年发表在7月24日下午07:01坚持

$\"\"$ KOLKATA: The fate of a near Rs 30,000-crore telecom venture for delivering community wi-fi services using the upcoming national optic fibre network (NOFN<\/a>) venture is mired in uncertainty following Bharat Sanchar Nigam’s refusal to lease its dark or `unused' fibre resources for the project.

The proposed government-to-citizen community e-services project “depends heavily on BSNL<\/a>’s infrastructure, especially its dark fibre resources, but BSNL has expressed its inability to lease the dark fibre,” says an internal telecom department (DoT) note, seen by ET.

State-run BSNL has communicated its decision to Bharat Broadband<\/a> Networks Ltd (BBNL), which has been mandated to deliver the gamut of community-based broadband services ranging from e-health, e-education, e-governance to e-commerce transactions across 2.5 lakh gram panchayats that will be linked by the national broadband network.

\n\n\tBSNL could not be reached immediately for comment but DoT insiders familiar the matter said the telco is averse to leasing its unused fibre on grounds that it needs spare bandwidth for ensuring uninterrupted telecom coverage in remote areas and for its own network expansion needs.\n

\n\n\tThe timing couldn't have been worse since Bharat Broadband Network was preparing to apply for a pan-India internet service provider licence to deliver G2C wi-fi services. BBNL needs the ISP permit to diversify into e-services as it is currently just a wholesale bandwidth supplier for the NOFN project.\n

\n\n\tThe latest hurdle comes at a time when DoT was preparing to seek Cabinet approval for implementing the e-services venture proposed to be co-funded by the rural development ministry and the Universal Services Obligation Fund - a DoT arm that subsidises rural network infrastructure rollouts.\n

\n\n\tWhile the rural development ministry is expected to handle the Rs 24,720-crore operating expenditure bill over a 10 year-span, the USOF will shoulder the Rs 4,942 crore capex component.\n

\n\n\tDoT is keen to implement the e-services project on a priority basis to create a rural broadband ecosystem by leveraging the NOFN backbone. Its objective is to develop this ecosystem for recovering the cost of the expensive NOFN infrastructure.\n

\n\n\tThe Rs 21,000-crore NOFN backbone is the telecom ministry's most ambitious venture for taking high-speed internet to the hinterlands, but the government needs a commercially viable broadband ecosystem, courtesy the e-services venture to recover costs. \n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":38978760,"title":"STPL was Reliance ADA Group company: CBI to 2G case witness","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/policy\/stpl-was-reliance-ada-group-company-cbi-to-2g-case-witness\/38978760","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"policy"}],"related_content":[],"msid":38978928,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Setback to govt e-services project; BSNL reluctant to lease out dark fibre","synopsis":"The fate of a near Rs 30,000-crore NOFN venture is mired in uncertainty following BSNL's refusal to lease its dark or `unused' fibre resources","titleseo":"policy\/setback-to-govt-e-services-project-bsnl-reluctant-to-lease-out-dark-fibre","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&hostid=268","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":"2014-07-24 19:01:54","lastupd":"2014-07-24 19:03:12","breadcrumbTags":["policy","BSNL","NOFN","Bharat Broadband","Dark Fiber"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"policy\/setback-to-govt-e-services-project-bsnl-reluctant-to-lease-out-dark-fibre"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/policy/setback-to-govt-e-services-project-bsnl-reluctant-to-lease-out-dark-fibre/38978928">