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MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION & IT
DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DETAILS OF TELECOM FACILITIES
IN
NORTH EAST REGION
( COS MEETING ON 15TH JUNE,2012)
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NORTH EAST TELECOM - STRUCTURE
 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
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TELE-DENSITY
As on
North East
Assam
(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
North East
Operator
Assam
(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)
%age
Market
(Except Assam
Share
& Sikkim)
(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
North East
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BROADBAND COVERAGE OF BSNL
Telecom
Circle
Assam
NE-1
Total
Broadband
DHQs
27
27
BHQs
223
170
Villages
25124
6995
DHQs
23
23
(Meghalya,
Tripura &
Mizoram)
BHQs
106
53
Villages
7347
254
NE-2
DHQs
37
32
BHQs
181
75
Villages
7456
301
(Arunachal
Pradesh,
Nagaland &
Manipur)
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MOBILE COVERAGE OF MAJOR OPEARTORS
Service
Area
Assam
Total
BSNL
DHQs
27
27
27
BHQs
223
217
Villages 25124 17556
North
East
(Except
Assam &
Sikkim)
AIRCEL AIRTEL
RELIANCE
IDEA
VODAFONE
27
27
19
26
217
NA
223
60
NA
12401
16805
18671
2736
12011
DHQs
60
60
40
43
51
32
43
BHQs
287
235
110
NA
169
29
NA
5719
2179
3055
3062
649
2184
Villages 14803
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MOBILE COVERAGE ALONG HIGHWAYS/RAILWAYS
ROUTES OF MAJOR OPERATORS
Service
Area
Assam
North
East
(Except
Assam &
Sikkim)
Total BSNL
KM
AIRCEL AIRTEL
RELIANCE
IDEA
VODAFONE
NH
2836 2545
2752
2315
1997
879
2317
SH
3215 1593
2320
NA
1185
373
2488
Railways 2216 1914
2081
2242
2169
692
1394
NH
3982 1915
1923
1690
1135
393
1850
SH
5017 2984
2294
186
412
75
2983
77
73
93
19
37
Railways
125
67
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ATR ON THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN LAST COS MEETING
 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 SDHQDHQ OFC Network.
 USOF has planned to connect all Gram Panchayat in the
country including North East through OFC (NOFN).
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Status of Wireline Broadband Scheme of USOF
S. State
No
.
Number of
Rural
Exchanges
Number of
Broadband
Connections
planned
Broadband
connections
provided
1.
Assam
429
13299
1318
2.
Meghalaya
56
1736
90
3.
Mizoram
35
1085
177
4.
Tripura
58
1798
417
5.
Manipur
54
1674
155
6.
Arunachal
Pradesh
105
3255
161
7.
Nagaland
62
1922
40
8.
Sikkim
47
1457
47
846
26226
2405
Total
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Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) Network Augmentation
in Assam
Objective
To provide financial support for OFC Network
augmentation between the blocks' HQ and Districts'
HQ to provide sufficient backhaul capacity
Target
Achievement
354 nodes
Implementation
Period
Total Subsidy
Subsidy
disbursal
BE for 2012-13
USP
From February 2010 to August 2012
189 Nodes
Rs.98.89 Crore
NIL
Rs.24.75 Crore
BSNL
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Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) Network Augmentation
in NE-I (Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura)
Objective
To provide financial support for OFC Network
augmentation between the blocks' HQ and Districts'
HQ to provide sufficient backhaul capacity
Target
Achievement
189 nodes
Implementation
Period
Total Subsidy
Subsidy
disbursal
BE for 2012-13
USP
From January 2012 to January 2014
Rollout yet to start
Rs.89.50 Crore
NIL
Rs.17.90 Crore
RailTel
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Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) Network Augmentation
in NE-II (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur & Nagaland)
Objective
To provide financial support for OFC Network
augmentation between the blocks' HQ and Districts'
HQ to provide sufficient backhaul capacity
Target
Achievement
407 Nodes
Implementation
Period
Total Subsidy
Subsidy
disbursal
BE for 2012-13
USP
From January 2012 to July 2014
Rollout yet to start
Rs.298.50 Crore
NIL
Rs.59.70 Crore
RailTel
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ATR ON THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN LAST COS MEETING
…CONTD
 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 thata) Availability and reliability of electricity in rural areas
is poor,
b) computer penetration is very low, and
c)computer literacy is poor.
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ATR ON THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN LAST COS MEETING
… CONTD
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
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provided.
ATR ON THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN LAST COS MEETING
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:
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
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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.
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ATR ON THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN LAST COS MEETING
… CONTD
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.
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Comprehensive Telecom Plan of BSNL
 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.
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Summary of BSNL’s Comprehensive Plan (contd.)
Sl.
1.
Phase of Plan
Time
Frame
BSNL’s own Plans to be carried out by BSNL ,
Plans (To be
if funded by Govt.
Funded by Capital
Recurring
(annual) approx.
BSNL)
First Phase
a) Bandwidth hiring
Immedi Rs 35 Cr. (PA) x Rs. 109 Cr (PA) x5
ate
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b) Cable replacement, 3 Years Rs. 240 Cr.
Rs. 2581 Cr
Rs. 33 Cr
New Cable, duct
and radio systems.
c) Network expansion, 3 Years
up-gradation
Service
improvement
2
Second Phase
and
Rs. 643 Cr.
Total Rs. 1055 Cr
3
Years
Nil
Rs. 4817 Cr
Rs. 496 Cr
Rs. 7910 Cr
Rs. 667 Cr
Rs 10677 Cr
Rs 600 Cr. App
after
completion
of first
phase
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Improvement anticipated after implementation of Plan
Indicator
GSM coverage
Wire line
Broadband
coverage
Present status
Status After
Phase-I
Status After
Phase-II
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 %
BHQ
29.5 % to 76%
60% to 90 %
90% to 100 %
Villages
1 % to 27.84 %
20% to 50 %
50% to 80 %
95 % to 99 %
99.5 %
99.95%
SHQs
100 Gb
400 Gb
1000 Gb
DHQs
2.5 Gb to 10 Gb
100 Gb
400 Gb
Assam
45.57 %
60 %
NE
60.67 %
70 %
At par with
National
Average
Network Reliability
Bandwidth
availability
Tele-density
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Impact of Availability of Power on reliability
 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.
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Thanks
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