State run telecom operator BSNL will
offer high speed broadband services to post offices in rural areas using
BharatNet, telecom minister Manoj Sinha said today.
All three parties – BSNL, Department of
Posts and BBNL – have signed a tripartite agreement to make this happen.
The MoU signed under the chairmanship of
Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha is the first tri-partite
agreement to provide broadband connectivity to about 1.3 lakh, post
offices in rural areas and 25,000 sub-post offices for high speed
internet connectivity to the rural masses.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Sinha
said that the first phase of connecting about one lakh Gram Panchayats
is nearing its completion and in the remaining one and a half lakh Gram
Panchayats 100 mbps broadband connectivity will be completed by
December, 2018.
The Minister also said that BharatNet is
one of the 9 pillars of realising the Prime Minister’s vision of
Digital India.
He said that provision of citizen
services is the focus of BharatNet and in the agreement signed today,
BSNL is the service provider, that would provide broadband services, the
cost of setting up of infrastructure and the operational expenses would
be paid by the Department of Posts. Since the BharatNet is the National
Network, BBNL would facilitate and coordinate this entire operation. In
future, MoUs with other Government Departments are also proposed to be
signed.
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