Aizawl, Jul 26 : Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) revealed that BSNL is going to add 45,000 mobile connections in Mizoram which will enhance the present connections by more than 50%.
Sources said that with the launch of Broadband on EVDO and Wi-Max Technology , customers in Mizoram can experience High Speed Broadband on all available technology in the country (ADSL /3G /EDVO /WI- Max, BSNL) plans to invest Rs.3 crores to augment Telecom Network in Mizoram in this financial year, BSNL in collaboration with MHRD has planned to provide highly discounted broadband connectively to UGC approved University and colleges, BSNL sources said every university is to get GBPS Broadband connectivity on optical fiber, against an annual cost of Rs. 1 crore for 10 years. Universities in NEI, NE-II and Assam are expected to pay only Rs.10 Lakhs.
Notably, Mizoram University has already been provided with the connectivity , and every college in Mizoram is to get approximately 0 BB- VPN connections with unlimited Broadband surfing Facility, against annual cost of Rs. 5000 per year per BB-VPN connection colleges in NE-I, NE-II and Assam are expected to pay only Rs.500 per year per BB- VPN connection.
The BSNL source today further revealed that every school in Rural Areas of Mizoram can get BB connection at highly discounted Tariffs.
Concessional broadband tariffs starts from Rs.99 per month in which broadband is available at a speed up to Mbps with a free download of 400 Mb.
And concessional Tariffs are available in both limited use and unlimited usage categories, including BB. Connections in rural areas are also available with computer building schemes where schools can get computer on EMI as low as Rs.175 per month.
It is learnt that BSNL is geared up to provide connectivity to state wide Area Network for e- Governance project of the Govt of Mizoram; 136 Numbers of CSC’s are also planned to be provided with Broadband connectivity , plans have been drawn up to introduce broadband service in all the BHQ’s latest by June and in all villages of Mizoram by December 2011, and most significantly all the inhabited villages in Mizoram have been provided with VPT’s.
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