1

Provision of submarine Optical Fibre Connectivity between Kochi and Lakshadweep islands (KLI Project)

Approval of EIA/CRZ, Wildlife clearance etc. report by MoEF&CC

Equipment/Submarine Plant Manufacturing & Factory Acceptance Testing(FAT)

Cable loading and Equipment  Transport.

-Submarine Cable laying and Testing.

-Land Cable Installation

-Equipment Installation

2

Provision of 4G mobile Services in 85 Uncovered villages and seamless mobile coverage along NH-4 in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

No. of Tower Sites to be installed : 0

No. of Tower Sites to be installed : 0

No. of Tower Sites to be installed : 0

No. of Tower Sites to be installed : 15

3

Upgradation of existing 19 Tower Sites for 2G mobile Services and installation of additional 18 New Mobile Tower Sites for provision of 4G mobile Services and creation of OFC Network for provision of FTTH in Lakshadweep islands by BSNL.

Proposal finalised

Proposal Approved, Work order placed to BSNL

Tender done by BSNL for various works

NIL (2G to 4G)

NIL (4G New)

NIL (OFC)

4

Upgradation of existing 60 Tower Sites  for 2G Mobile  Services for provision of 4G Mobile Services in Andaman & Nicobar  Islands by BSNL

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5

Deployment of Pilot Projects

Approval by competent authority

Rapid PoC

Full deployment and certification testing

Full deployment and certification testing

6

Provision of Redundancy for Submarine Optical Fibre Connectivity for Andaman & Nicobar Islands by connecting Port Blair to Kolkata (Digha Beach) (CANI Project)

Submission of DPR by TCIL Examination of DPR by USOF/DoT

Approval and examination of DPR by competent authority

Consultations with stakeholders and preparation of final proposal

DCC and Cabinet Approval

7

Provision of Submarine Optical Fibre Connectivity for Diglipur, Shaheed Dweep (Erstwhile Neil Island), Katchall, Teressa, Chowra, Nancowary and Little Nicobar Island under CANI Project as per request of Andaman & Nicobar UT Administration on turnkey basis to Indian Company to promote Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Submission of DPR by TCIL Examination of DPR by USOF/DoT

Approval and examination of DPR by competent authority

Consultations with stakeholders and preparation of final proposal

DCC and Cabinet Approval

8

Provision of Last Mile connectivity at 5521 Satellite VSAT locations for installation of 9633 Wi-Fi Access Points

Finalization tender and award of work by BBNL

Tender failed

Re-floating of tender

No. of Wi-Fi APs to be provided: 100

9

Provision of Satellite VSAT Broadband Connectivity to balance GPs out of 4112 sites by BBNL under BharatNet (plus remaining GPs, if any, by BSNL/ BBNL)

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Complete installation by Dec 2022

10

O&M of Satellite VSAT GPs/ DSPTs/ WiFi APs provided under BharatNet by BBNL/ BSNL as per SLA signed

Continuous Monitoring

11

Redistribution of existing Satellite Bandwidth in Andaman & Nicobar Islands by BSNL for the Islands not connected on Submarine OFC as per request of ANI UT Administration

Examination of DPR submitted by BSNL for vetting of Technical requirements and detailed cost estimates

DPR examination by committee and clarifications from BSNL, UT ANI and MHA

Award of work

Completion

12

Singapore cable & CLS

Survey report

DCC approval

Cabinet approval

Tender

13

Lakshadweep Satellite Bandwidth

No expansion required by UT LKD

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14

Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF)

Preparation of Guidelines

-Approval of DCC and Hon’ble MoC.

-Launch of Scheme

Receipt and Evaluation of proposals

Approval and start of R&D projects

15

Thai Com Satellite bandwidth

Submission of proposal for approval

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Approval for migration of Thaicomm satellite VSATs on ISAT

16

New Technologies for BharatNet

Identification of new technologies for extending BharatNet

Selection of suitable technologies

17

Handing over of DSPTs to agencies of MHA/MoD

Approval process

Completion of the work