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Saturday, 31 March 2012
BSNL to connect all Villages by 2014
State-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) aims to establish telecommunication links in all villages across India by 2014 and help expand e-governance in rural and far flung areas in the country. BSNL CMD RK Upadhyaya has revealed that the state-run telco has undertaken a Rs. 20,000 crore project for the setting up of a National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) for providing Internet and other telco services to villages in the country. The project would be completed within next two years. "Once the NOFN is created, it will help in offering governance, banking and health and other basic services online up to the villages and rural areas," the BSNL official noted.According to him, the tele-density in urban areas is almost 100 per cent while in rural areas it's just 37 per cent. The NOFN, he points out, will help increase tele-density in the rural areas. The BSNL is also upgrading its existing Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) network and hiring PGCIL (Power Grid Corporation of India Limited) and RailTel cable network to improve telcom connectivity in northeastern region. It's notable that BSNL accounts for about 80 percent of landline and 90 percent of broadband connections in the country. Its share in nation's mobile connection is about 30 per cent.
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Tatas, Vodafone get more time for Cable & Wireless bid
Tata Communications and Vodafone have both been given more time to decide whether they want to bid for British telecoms group Cable & Wireless(C&W) Worldwide. Cable & Wireless, currently valued at $1.5 billion, said on Thursday the UK takeover panel had granted its request to give the two firms until April 19 to either announce a firm intention to make a bid or walk away. Sources earlier told Reuters that Tata thinks it did not get as much time as Vodafone to evaluate a possible bid, while Vodafone thinks it still has not received enough information to decide on a bid. Part of the Tata Group, TCL had said it is evaluating a possible cash offer for CWW.According to reports, the Mumbai-based company has hired Morgan Stanley to work alongside Standard Chartered, its long-term adviser on the deal. The reports suggest that TCL has amassed a $2 billion war chest. State Bank of India and Australia and New Zealand Bank are believed to have also joined the consortium of lenders led by Standard Chartered. CWW owns fixed lines that are used by mobile operators to provide links to mobile transmitters and switching offices. It also provides voice, data and hosting services to major British companies such as Next, Tesco and United Utilities, and retains an international cable network connecting more than 150 countries. The acquisition would provide TCL, which owns undersea cable assets and offers telecom and Internet services to companies across countries, a larger footprint in voice and data carrier businesses as well as in the undersea cable network. If Tatas prevail, it would mark the latest in a series of British acquisitions by the Indian giant, which already owns Jaguar Land Rover and Corus.
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Established in 2010, our company Digit Telecom Systems has established a strong foothold in the market. Our vast experience and additional knowledge over the years has helped us to gain an edge over our competitors. We handle various services like sales and distribution, trading service, technical support, marketing and promotional activities.Leveraging upon our team and advanced technology, we have been able to provide quality products that are checked at all levels so as to ensure flawless range is dispatched at the client’s end. With the help of our highly efficient products, we have achieved an enviable position in the industry and we use fine quality raw material that is procured from reliable source.
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