Chennai Andaman & Nicobar Submarine Optical fiber Cable Link

  :Chennai Andaman & Nicobar Submarine Optical fiber Cable:

• PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate 2300-km undersea cable project to boost connectivity to Andaman & Nicobar Islands on August 10,2020.

• This is the much-awaited ₹1,224-crore Chennai-Andaman & Nicobar  undersea Internet cable,the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC), was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on last Monday.

• The PM of India will launch and dedicate to the nation the project which will boost connectivity to Andaman & Nicobar through video conferencing.Please find picture 1, show overall map indicating routing from Chennai to Andaman-

Picture 1: Tentative route from Chennai to Andaman & Nicobar

• The submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) will also connect Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock),Little Andaman,Car Nicobar,Kamorta, Great Nicobar, Long Island and Rangat.

     Media/ Channel/Newspaper:

• Some local media/newspaper has been published the matter in their portal.Some sample copy mentioned in below-

    

Picture 2: ZEE news 

Picture 3: The Hindu 

Picture 4: The Hindustan Times

      Salient Points:

• The Andaman and Nicobar Islands,a Union territory of India comprising 572 islands of which 37 are inhabited.

• The territory’s capital city name is "Port Blair".

• Cable system will have 400 Gigabit per second.Once inaugurated,the submarine OFC (Optical Fibre cable) link will deliver bandwidth of 2 x 200 Gigabits per second (Gbps) between Chennai and Port Blair and 2 x 100 Gbps between Port Blair and the other islands.

• The eight islands to be connected with Chennai,include port blair,little Andaman,Kamota,Great Nicobar,Havlock,Long & Rangat islands.

• The Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone of this project on December 30, 2018, at Port Blair.

• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) executed this project while Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) is the Technical Consultants under department of telecommunications of India.

 

    

• The Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone of this project on December 30, 2018, at Port Blair and completed within its schedule timeline.
• Indian government also plan to develop transshipment port at great Nicobar island at approx cost around 10000 cr. rupees. Obviously it will generate revenue in future for Indian Government.

• This is huge news for Andaman residents as their broadband speed will go up 10 times faster now. Please find below picture 5 & 6 shows difference between 4G vs 5G.

Picture 5: 4G vs 5G

 

Picture 6

      What is Optical Fibre cable (OFC):

• Fiber optic cables have transformed telecommunications and connectivity.A fiber-optic cable is designed to protect the inside fiber core that carries the transmission of a light signal.Please find below picture 7 for indicate detail construction of OFC.

Picture 7: Optical Fibre Cable

     Benefits of Project:

• After the lunch of this project, the internet bills in Andaman and Nicobar will also come down substantially.

• Boost mobile services in island.

• Facilitate digital education and digital health.

• promote tourism & tourist services.

• Will strengthen Indian's defense and security. 

Universal Service Obligation Fund:

• Now you think from where does money will come from? This project cost funding generated from universal service levy (USL).

• Funds come from the Universal Service Levy (USL) of 5% charged from all the telecom operators like Vodafone,Airtel,Jio on their Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) which are then deposited into the Consolidated Fund of India.

• Hope you understand the details.

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