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Reliance Info gets right of way for optic fibre projectReliance Infocom has received the necessary permission for right of way (ROW) to step up its activity to complete the Rs 150-billion country-wide optic fibre backbone project, which will spread across 167 towns and cities in India. Reliance, which has already begun work of laying the conduits at a pace of 100 km per day, is now all set to double the speed to 200 km per day, sources said. The company, at a later stage, will further step up the speed to 300 km per day, sources added. The nation-wide optic fibre backbone is to be completed by the end of 2002. Reliance, as part of linking its network to the rest of the world, will have a gateway at Singapore and Dubai. The landing stations for linking Dubai through submarine cables will be based at Jamnagar in Gujarat, while for the international information gateway at Singapore the undersea cables will be linked to the Indian sub-continent via Madras, sources said. Reliance's undersea cable is the latest in the series of submarine cables targeted at the Indian market. Reliance is implementing this nation-wide network of optic fibres through its group companies Reliance Infocom and Reliance Telecom. Of the total cost of over Rs 150 billion, Rs 50 billion is being pumped in by reliance industries. Reliance Infocom is also expected to go public later. Reliance will roll out its services and offerings in a phased manner, starting from the next fiscal. The project is currently being implemented in 12 states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal. Reliance's strategy for the last mile connectivity will focus initially on connecting business customers, while its strategy for providing the last mile access for the household segment will be driven by the market's revenue potential. Reliance Infocom is yet to select the technology for the last mile access. The options would include fibre, DSL, cable, wireless and satellites. UNI |
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