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Department of Telecommunications

Tajinder Kumar, ITS

Deputy Director General(S), NE LSA

NE-LSA Meghalaya

Mizoram

Tripura

Manipur

Nagaland

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam-LSA

States Area (in 1000 Sq Km) Population (in Lakhs)

Meghalaya 22.4 29.7

Tripura 10.5 36.7

Mizoram 21.1 10.9

Manipur 22.3 27.2

Nagaland 16.6 19.8

Arunachal Pradesh 83.7 13.8

Assam 78.4 312

Shares International Border with China, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Bhutan.

Area (Approx) 255000 sq Km

Population (census 2011) 4.50 Crores

Number of mobile connections 3.86 Crores

Number of BTSs /NodeB/e-NodeB 69255

State/TSP Airtel BSNL Rjio VIL Total

Arunachal Pradesh 637498 336407 227509 385932 1587346

Manipur 1530186 173242 709731 334933 2748092

Meghalaya 1032520 298095 595421 441168 2367204

Mizoram 618794 211583 302245 231417 1364039

Nagaland 1033560 103975 467822 258789 1864146

Tripura 1762045 391394 777377 542204 3473020

Assam 10341475 2555170 6937458 5392104 25226207

Total 16956078 4069866 10017563 7586547 38630054

BTSs/Node-B/e-Node-B as on 31-03-2018

Arunachal Pradesh

Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura Assam Total

Total 2185 3926 3403 1749 3191 4721 29626 48801

BTSs/Node-B/e-Node-B installed from 1-Apr-2018 to 1-Aug-2019

Total 872 1664 1861 856 1164 2038 11999 20454

BTSs/Node-B/e-Node-B as on 31-07-2019

3057 5590 5264 2605 4355 6759 41625 69255

% Growth 39.9 42.38 54.68 48.94 36.47 43.16 40.5 41.91

Statistics about Village Mobile Coverage

State (state code) Number of inhabited

villages Number of villages covered by any TSP

Percentage (%) of villages covered

Arunachal Pradesh 5258 2924 55.61

Manipur 2515 1663 66.12

Meghalaya 6459 4491 69.53

Mizoram 704 288 40.91

Nagaland 1400 1094 78.14

Tripura 863 817 94.67

Assam 25372 24099 94.98

Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan North-Eastern Region

I. A Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan (CTDP) for the North-Eastern Region (NER) is being implemented to install 6673 mobile towers at 8621 identified uncovered villages, 321 mobile towers along National Highways, and strengthening of transmission network in the NER, as per the following approvals:

On 10.9.2014, the Government has approved a “Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan” at an estimated cost of Rs. 5336 Crores to be funded from Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).

For Meghalaya, earlier two tender were not successful. In the first instance no bid was received while the second time bids received were more than 70 % higher than the estimated cost.

Union Cabinet on 23.05.2018 approved a revised proposal for implementation of a 2G+4G technology based mobile services in Meghalaya under Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for the North-Eastern Region at a total estimated project cost of Rs. 3911 crore plus applicable taxes as per actuals, to be funded by the USOF. The revised approval envisage installing 2173 towers of 2G+4G technology for providing mobile services in 2374 uncovered villages and along National Highways at an estimated cost Rs. 3911 Cr. In the meantime DoT LSA has given new list of 2691 number of uncovered villages of Meghalaya. Detailed Project Report (DPR) as per new list of uncovered villages is under preparation by M/s TCIL. Due to the aforesaid Cabinet approval of 23.03.2018 for Meghalaya, the enhanced cost of CTDP Project for NER is now Rs 8,120.81 crore (Rs. 5336.18 Cr. already approved by Union Cabinet on 10.09.2014) plus applicable taxes.

As part of the CTDP for the NER, Mobile Services are being provided in the uncovered villages in NER and for seamless coverage along National Highway [in Assam except 2 Districts, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh (NH only)] through M/s Bharti Airtel Limited & M/s Bharti Hexacom Limited by setting up 2004 towers. Telecom Commission has approved to award the project on 08.09.2017 at a cost of Rs 1656 crore and the Agreements have been signed on 08.12.2017. A total of 650 towers have been installed and 450 towers are radiating, providing coverage to about 450 villages.

S.No Scheme Present Status

a. Mobile connectivity in

Arunachal Pradesh

and 2 districts (Karbi

Anglong and Dima

Hasao) of Assam

Through BSNL on Nomination basis

Agreement on 16.01.2018

2817 mobile towers for 4119 uncovered villages

Project cost Rs. 2258.18 Cr.

The project was to be implemented by BSNL through two private agencies.

The project was expected to be completed by Sept 2019.

In the meantime, Telecom Watchdog filed SLP in Hon’ble Supreme Court for staying installation of 2G mobile services.

During a review on 06.05.2019 in NITI Aayog, it was decided to cancel the agreement. Accordingly, the Agreement has been cancelled by DCC and a fresh DPR for 4G is under preparation and to be submitted for approval.


b.(1) Mobile connectivity in

uncovered villages of

other States of North-

East and along

National

Highways(Assam,

Manipur, Mizoram,

Nagaland, Tripura,

Sikkim)

• Through M/s Bharti Airtel on open tender basis.

• Agreement signed on 08.12.2017

• 2004 mobile towers (1694 towers for 2128

uncovered villages+310 for National Highways)

• Project Cost Rs 1655.66 Cr.

• Survey completed for 2439 sites.

• Site acquired- 1254, Tower Installed - 650, Sites

radiating- 450

• The project is targeted to be completed by October

2019.


b.(2) Mobile connectivity in

Meghalaya and along

National Highways on

Technology.

Through open tender

In 1st tender no bid received.

In 2nd tender cancelled as rates were 70% higher

Revised proposal approved on 23.05.2018 on 2G+4G

Estimated cost of Rs 3911 Cr.

Revised uncovered villages from LSA DOT in June 2018, number of uncovered villages are now 2691

Accordingly, a DPR and tender document for 4G are being finalized.

Project will be completed in 18 months after award of work.

c. Ring Connectivity

between State to

State Capital and

between DHQs and

augmentation of

transmission media

BSNL has been nominated for implementation and it had floated the tenders for procurement of transmission equipment and procurement/ trenching/ laying of Optical Fibre Cable. As BSNL Tender rates were 97% high, the tenders were re-floated by BSNL. Evaluation reports of 2nd tender indicates that the rates are 88% higher than estimated cost. A revised strategy is being worked out.

S.No. STATE No. of

Villages

to be

covered

Number of

Towers

for

Uncovered

Villages

No. of

Towers

along

National

Highway

s

Length of

Optical

Fibre

Cable to

be laid

(km)

Estimated

cost for

mobile

services (Rs.

Crore)

Estimated

cost for

Augmentatio

n for

Transmissio

n Network

(Rs. Crore)

Estimated

Cost

(Rs. Crore)

1 Arunachal

Pradesh

2805 1893 149 1587 1635.68 136.44 1772.12

2 Assam 2503 1874 33 228 1538.23 25.09 1563.32

3 Manipur 528 384 53 172 379.01 16.31 395.31

4 Meghalaya 2374 2162 11 124 3911 12.77 3923.77

5 Mizoram 252 227 19 747 200.28 65.26 265.26

6 Nagaland 134 112 48 154 136.14 17.57 153.57

7 Sikkim 23 19 1 125 16.14 11.55 27.55

8 Tripura 2 2 7 76 8.4 10.98 19.38

TOTAL 8621 6673 321 3213 7824.88 295.97 8120.81

For provision of broadband in rural areas, sufficient backhaul capacity is required to integrate the voice and data traffic from the access network in the rural areas to their core network by strengthening the OFC network. Accordingly, this scheme considers OFC Network augmentation between the District Headquarter and Block Headquarters. To begin with, the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, & Nagaland were taken up for implementation.

These OFC Schemes are based on BOO model, i.e. build,

operate & own basis, and accordingly, the Telecom Service Providers, implementing the schemes would build, operate, own and manage all the equipment/ infrastructure for the execution of the scheme. Under this scheme, all locations are to be connected on physical OFC Ring Route(s) with the DHQ node ensuring the cable route diversity and ring capacity of at least 2.5 Gbps.

I. Optical Fibre Network Augmentation in NE-I Circle (comprising states of Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura):

◦ Agreement signed with RailTel on 16.01.2012 as an outcome of open competitive bidding process

◦ Total 188 nodes (Blocks/ important towns) to be commissioned in 23 Districts [MEG: 71, MZM: 62, TRP: 55]

◦ Subsidy of Rs. 89.50 Crore to be provided by USO Fund

◦ The original Rollout period was 18 months which has been extended to 72 months from the date of signing of the Agreement i.e. upto 15.01.2018

Work awarded for trenching/ laying in all the 23 districts 1877 Km duct laid out of 2274 Km 1688 Km (Underground: 1563 + Overhead: 125) OFC

laid, out of 2574 Km [Underground: 2274, Overhead: 300 Km]

104 nodes connected on OFC [MEG: 39, MZM: 28, TRP: 37] Out of 104 nodes, 42 nodes on NMS [MEG: 5, MZM: 0, TRP:

37] Request received from RailTel for extension for 24 working

months (each year having 4-6 working months i.e. effectively extension sought for 5 years)

About 66% of the allotted work (OFC) completed by RailTel in NE-I Telecom Circle

Agreement signed with RailTel on 16.01.2012 as an outcome of open competitive bidding process Total 71 nodes (Blocks/ important towns) to be commissioned in 7

Districts Subsidy to be provided by USO Fund At least 70% of the subsidized bandwidth capacity created under the

scheme shall be shared by RailTel with the licensed service providers in the area at a rate not more than 12% of the current TRAI ceiling tariffs.

Rollout period extended to 72 months from the date of signing of the Agreement i.e. by 15.01.2018

Present status: Work awarded for trenching/ laying in all the 7 districts 70 nodes taken up for commissioning 571 Km duct laid out of 775 Km 610 Km [Underground: 602, Overhead: 8 Km] OFC laid, out of 790 Km

[UG: 775, OH: 15 Km] 39 nodes connected on OFC Out of 39 nodes, 5 nodes on NMS

Agreement signed with RailTel on 16.01.2012 as an outcome of open competitive bidding process

Total 62 nodes (Blocks/ important towns) to be commissioned in 8 Districts

Subsidy to be provided by USO Fund

As per Agreement signed, the project was to be completed within 24 months of the signing of the Agreement i.e. by 15.01.2014

At least 70% of the subsidized bandwidth capacity created under the scheme shall be shared by RailTel with the licensed service providers in the area at a rate not more than 12% of the current TRAI ceiling tariffs.


Present status:

Work awarded for trenching/ laying in all the 8 districts

52 nodes taken up for commissioning

741 Km duct laid out of 864 Km

488 Km [Underground: 396, Overhead: 92 Km] OFC laid, out of 1119 Km [UG: 864, OH: 256 Km]

28 nodes connected on OFC

Out of 28 nodes, no node on NMS



Subsidy to be provided by USO Fund At least 70% of the subsidized bandwidth capacity

created under the scheme shall be shared by RailTel with the licensed service providers in the area at a rate not more than 12% of the current TRAI ceiling tariffs.

Present status: Work awarded for trenching/ laying in all the 8 districts 50 nodes taken up for commissioning 565 Km duct laid out of 635 Km 590 Km [Underground: 565, Overhead: 25 Km] OFC

laid, out of 665 Km [UG: 635, OH: 30 Km] 37 nodes connected on OFC and all are on NMS


Total 407 nodes (Blocks/ important towns) to be commissioned in 36 Districts [ARP: 226, MNP: 62, NGL: 119]

Subsidy of Rs. 298.50 Crore to be provided by USO Fund to RailTel Rollout period has been extended to 72 months from the date of signing of

the Agreement i.e. by 15.01.2018

Present status: Work awarded for trenching/ laying in all the 36 districts 5561 Km duct laid out of 7360 Km 4239 Km Underground: 4078, Overhead: 161 Km] OFC laid, out of 8468 Km

[UG: 7360 Km, OH: 1108 Km] 160 nodes connected on OFC [ARP: 65, MNP: 33, NGL: 62] Out of 160 nodes, 60 nodes on NMS [ARP: 24, MNP: 14, NGL: 22] Request received from RailTel for extension for 24 working months (each

year having 4-6 working months i.e. effectively extension sought for 5 years) About 50% of the allotted work (OFC) completed by RailTel in NE-II Telecom

Circle.



Subsidy to be provided by USO Fund At least 70% of the subsidized bandwidth capacity created under the



Present status: Work awarded for trenching/ laying in all the 16 districts 195 nodes taken up for commissioning 3350 Km duct laid out of 4256 Km 2547 Km [UG: 2408 Km, OH: 139 Km]OFC laid out of 5035 Km [UG: 4256

Km, OH: 779 Km] 65 nodes connected on OFC Out of 65 nodes, 24 nodes on NMS






Present status: Work awarded for trenching/ laying in all the 9 districts 62 nodes taken up for commissioning 688 Km duct laid out of 1204 Km 474 Km OFC (UG) laid, out of 1328 Km [UG: 1204 Km, OH: 124 Km] 33 nodes connected on OFC Out of 33 nodes, 14 nodes on NMS






Present status: Work awarded for trenching/ laying in all the 11 districts 109 nodes taken up for commissioning 1523 Km duct laid out of 1900 Km 1218 Km [UG: 1196 Km, OH: 22 Km] OFC laid, out of 2105 Km [UG:

1900 Km, OH: 205 Km] 62 nodes connected on OFC Out of 62 nodes, 22 nodes on NMS

RailTel has intimated that as per their estimates, NE-I involved 4000 km fresh OFC laying and NE-II 9000 km with 4000 km to be leased from BSNL. However, the actual survey calls for 17052 km laying instead of 13000 km, as estimated earlier, and with BSNL fiber not available additional laying of approx.. 4000 km. As of January 2019 RailTel had laid about 5709 km OF cable (underground + overhead) and 7342 km duct. However, about 900 km duct and over 600 km of OFC has been damage due to road works, landslides etc.

RailTel has further informed DoT/USOF that Core reasons for delay are RoW issues with NHIDCL, PWD & BRO, frequent bandhs & law and order issues, landslides, heavy rains, limited working season of only 5 months per year, strict enforcement of holidays by locals, insistence on underground laying by tender conditions inexperienced & ill equipped contractors, all contract management from Calcutta.

The expected cost for work completion is over Rs. 826 crore as against Rs. 451 crore as estimated while bidding (those courted Rs. 388 crore subsidy to USOF). Thus the project is not viable for them.

The Government, on 25.10.2011, approved National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) project for provision of high speed broadband connectivity through optical fibre cable in all the Gram Panchayat (GPs) (approx. 2,50,000) in the country. The bandwidth so provided will be used by all categories of service providers including Internet Service Providers (ISPs) on non-discriminatory basis.

A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) viz. Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) has been established on 25 February 2012 with an objective to create, operate, maintain and manage National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) infrastructure.

For implementing the Phase-I, the work has been allocated by BBNL to 3 Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) viz. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), RailTel and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) to utilize their existing optical fibre to implement the work on ground for laying incremental optical fibre for connecting all Gram Panchayats (GPs). The implementation of the Phase-I was completed in December 2017 with over 1 lakh GPs being made Service Ready.

For expediting the implementation of the project, a modified strategy to implement BharatNet has been approved by Cabinet on 19.07.2017, which provides an optimal mix of media to connect GPs; implementation by State-led Model, Private Sector, CPSU Model; laying of fresh fibre from Block to GPs, and setting up of last mile architecture at all GPs.

The implementation model for Phase-II GPs as given below: 8 State Governments namely Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand,

Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Telangana (65590 GPs) are being implemented under State-led model and MoUs have been signed with the States. Bihar and Punjab (total 7494 GPs) are being implemented under Private sector model through Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) which has placed work orders and implementation is in progress.

Under CPSU led mode, 2 States namely Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand (total 8700 GPs) through PGCIL and 8 States namely Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, West Bengal and Sikkim (total 45411 GPs) through BSNL are being implemented.

About 6407 GPs, located in remote and hilly locations with poor connectivity such as NER, J&K etc, are being connected on Satellite media. The implementation of about 5000 GPs is through BBNL and 1407 is through BSNL.

By laying 3,45,779 km Optical Fibre Cable (OFC), a total of 1,31,392 GPs have been connected, out of which 1,20,562 Gram Panchayats (GPs) have been made Service Ready. In addition, 854 GPs have been made Service Ready on satellite media.

As a further improvement, PPP model is now envisaged for undertaking the work, not yet initiated. The suggested approach, across the Phase-I and Phase-II areas of implementation, includes to assign the work of creating, maintaining and utilizing the network to a single entity. The Private Sector Partners (PSPs) to be engaged through implementation of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model wherein the funding to be provided as concessionaire Fee/Viability Gap Funding (VGF).

For migration from the current implementation model to the proposed PPP Model, it is envisioned that a total of around 1.25 lakh GPs are targeted to be covered under phase-II, and work has been commenced in around 75,000 GPs. In the remaining around 50,000 GPs, where no progress has been made, any further work should be halted immediately and no further expenditure to be committed in these areas. These areas are envisaged to be covered under proposed Public Private Partnership model. The work in the 75,000 GPs where the work is presently underway shall continue and the implementation agency shall be notified about the cutoff date by which they would need to handover the completed implementation on an “As –is Where-Is” basis”.

The Digital Communications Commission (DCC) on 13.06.2019 has approved the above approach of PPP Model and has also directed to take the report to the Union Cabinet for information.

It is under active consideration and approval stage.

BharatNet provides Bandwidth and leasing of Dark Fibres. By utilising BharatNet network, 29,308 Fibre to the Home (FTTH) connections have been provided at GP level. SWAN connections have been provided at 5331 GPs. The network is being utilised by TSPs and ISPs. More than 5,791 locations have been finalised and approved and about 1,806 connections have been provided. Wi-Fi has been installed at 44000 GPs and out of them, services are being provided in 14, 000 GPs.

In the NER, BSNL is implementing the BharatNet project in Assam & Sikkim and RailTel in the remaining 6 States i.e. Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland & Tripura on OFC media. There are about 11956 GPs in 8 States of NER, out of which about 7096 GPs are being connected on OFC. Keeping in view certain basic challenges impacting the timely implementation of the OFC laying projects, broadband connectivity on satellite is planned for 4860 GPs in NER(484 by BSNL and 4376 by TCIL) and implementation is under progress. The State-wise details are given below:

S.

No.

States Total Number

of GPs in the

State

OFC laid

(Km)

GPs for

which

Cable laid

ServiceReady

GPs

Implementing

agency for

Phase-I

Proposed Model

of

Implementation

for Phase-II

Remarks

1 Assam 2648 4815 1622 1622 BSNL BSNL( OFC) -

2 Sikkim 176 655 41 17 BSNL BSNL (OFC) -

3 Mizoram 763 689 130 41 RailTel TCIL (Satellite) 501 GPs

planned on

satellite

4 Tripura 1006 1683 817 549 RailTel TCIL (Satellite) 142 GPs

planned on

satellite

5 Meghalay

a

1789 950 352 192* RailTel BSNL & TCIL

(Satellite)

843 GPs

planned on

satellite

6 Arunachal

Pradesh

1795 1519 565 164** RailTel BSNL & TCIL

(Satellite)

1119 GPs

planned on

satellite

7 Nagaland 994 1998 644 123 RailTel TCIL (Satellite) 120 GPs

planned on

satellite

8 Manipur 2785 634 374 325 RailTel TCIL (Satellite) 2135 GPs

planned on

satellite

Grand Total 11956 12943 4545 3033

*Includes 70 Service Ready GPs on satellite

**Includes 81 Service Ready GPs on satellite

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