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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today launched its 100G Optical Transport Network (NG-OTN) across India, which will help it improve broadband speeds and enhance landline and mobile services. The project has improved existing 10G capacity to 100G capacity of Optical Fiber infrastructure of BSNL. The enhancement will also boost the state-run telecom operator’s enterprise business with ultra-high capacity in leased line and to tune in with Digital India Programme of the Prime Minister.

Launching the NG-OTN, Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha lauded the BSNL for upgrading its network to provide modern technology-based Ultra Fast Broadband services to the country.

The company said that the project aims to provide a 99.99 % uptime for which a Network Operating Centre (NOC) is made operational at Bangalore for providing 24X7 support. The company has a total customer base of approximately 115 million. BSNL is committed to quality customer care, and 24 hrs support across the country.

“NG OTN is a step forward taken by BSNL in this direction to ensure customer delight,” the telco said in a statement.

NG-OTN will cover 100 cities in India with a capital outlay of Rs 330 crore for the project. The infrastructure in 45 of the 100 cities is already put in place and started operating the NG-OTN on Friday while the rest would become functional under NG-OTN by March 2018.

It will provide broadband facility to 2,50,000 village panchayats by Dec’18. BSNL said that NG-OTN would also be helpful to service Central Government Projects like Bharatnet, SWAN, and NKN.