New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Government-aided autonomous research organisation Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) Monday transferred indigenously designed broadband internet technology to state-run firms and private players to expedite the creation of a high-speed internet network.
‘This is a pathbreaking technology and I would like to congratulate C-DOT that they, for the first time in the world, have tried to deliver such a technology to the common man at such an affordable price,’ Communications Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters on the occasion.
Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology is the pivotal component required for broadband connectivity over optical fibre. It has been tested and validated and is already operational in state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam’s network in Ajmer, Rajasthan and is being transferred to seven public and private manufacturers.
According to Sibal, the technology would help in expanding optical fibre presence in the country to fulfil the requirements of major national programmes such as National Optical Fibre Network, State-Wide-Area Network connectivity, Broadband connectivity in Rural, North-East, Tribal areas, as well as expansion of networks of defence, railways and other strategic networks.
Established in 1984, C-DOT was set up by the government to develop state-of-the-art telecom technology to meet the needs of the Indian telecom network.
C-DOT GPON can be used to provide a future proof broadband solution to village panchayats and take the benefits of e-education, e-governance, e-medicine etc, in fact a whole gamut of e-services, to the rural and urban populace with all its attendant empowerment and multiplier effects leading to a significant growth in the GDP.
