The Phase-II of the BharatNet project is aimed at connecting 12,525 gram panchayats in Tamil Nadu with high-speed bandwidth using optical fibre cables. TANFINET signed the agreement with Pace Digitek Infra Pvt. Ltd.
June 3, 2022
Tamil Nadu FibreNet Corporation Ltd. (TANFINET) has entered into a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with Pace Digitek Infra Pvt. Ltd. for Package B of the BharatNet Phase-II in Tamil Nadu. As published in news reports – the agreement ceremony was held in the presence of IT Minister T Mano Thangaraj.
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The IT Minister said that the Phase-II of the BharatNet project is aimed at connecting 12,525 gram panchayats in Tamil Nadu with high-speed bandwidth using optical fibre cables. The Indian government has approved the project at an estimated cost of INR 1815.31 crore. With the implementation of Package B, all the 12,525 gram panchayats will be connected with minimum scalable bandwidth connectivity of 1 GBPS.
The implementation of the project has been divided into four packages and one system integrator for each package and Third Party Agency (TPA) has been selected. The MSAs were executed in October 2021 with system integrators L&T Ltd. (package C); ITI Ltd. (Package D); BECIL (TPA), and Polycab India Ltd. (Package A).
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In Package B, 3001 gram panchayats in Villupuram, Erode, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Kallakurichi, Salem, and The Nilgiris districts will be connected, and 1 GBPS bandwidth connectivity will be provided.
