Nomination Category -

eGov:Rural Broadband & connectivity

Name of the Project/Initiative Goa Broadband Network

(GBBN)- United Telecoms Ltd (UTL) has

established GBBN - a high-capacity, end-to-end fiber, next generation network, in association with Government of Goa(GoG), to make Broadband services available to entire rural population in all 189 Village Panchayats and 414 Villages and towns

Details of the Applicant (filing the nomination) United Telecoms Ltd (UTL) Name Address City Country Telephone No. (with country code) Mobile No. (with country code) E-mail Goa Broad Band Network, Old IPHB Building , Besides Traffic Police HQ, Near Joggers Park, Altinho, Panaji Panaji India 91-832-2420379 State Goa Zip 403001

91-9922910960 bhavana@utlindia.com / utlgoa@utlindia.com

Details of Project/Initiative Implementing Agency United Telecoms Ltd Name of the organization Address City Country Name of the Head of Organization Telephone No. (with country code) Mobile No. (with country code) E-mail Alternate E-mail Web 18A/19, Doddanekundi Industrial Area , Mahadevapura Post Bangalore State Karnataka India Zip 560048 Dr. Raja Mohana Rao 0091-80-28524032/ 050/ 088 0091-9611666779 drrao@airtel.blackberry.com, drrao@utlindia.com bhavana@utlindia.com www.utlindia.com

Details of the Programme/Project/Initiative Brief description of the programme/project/initiative

United Telecoms Ltd (UTL) has established GBBN - a high-capacity, end to end fiber, next generation network, in association with Government of Goa(GoG), to make Broadband services available to entire rural population in all 189 Village Panchayats and 414 Villages and towns Also links all the Govt offices across the State of Goa including all the 189 village panchayat offices, South and North districts, 11 Talukas, and 13 municipalities. Govt is in the process of extending Broadband connectivity to 2119 schools, 24 colleges, 32 government hospitals and 123 private hospitals which are in a phased manner GBBN was Inaugurated by our Honorable Prime Minister on 27th Dec 2007, Because of this initiative, Goa has the distinction of being the only state extending Broadband connectivity ( 1 GB ) to 100% Panchayats. This has empowered the panchayats to provide all essential Government to Citizen(G2C) services, Applications and Portals which can be accessed through various panchayats and CSCs. UTLs GBBN has helped bridging the digitak divide and promoting pervasive use of IT in all matters of the State. UTL established this all fiber network across the length and breadth of the State up to the village level. It also provides at least 1 GB connectivity to all the Government offices/educational and research institutions. GBBN provides appropriate connectivity to business enterprises. Appropriate amount of Internet Bandwidth is planned for providing

internet connectivity through GBBN up to village level. GBBN is created to have a secure, reliable and accessible State-wide information superhighway to reach up to village level , sustained through an expanding set of digital services transforming Goa into a fully connected digital State. provide broadband network infrastructure with Optic Fiber Cable connectivity coupled with wireless connectivity as needed, throughout the State of Goa. provide 10 Gbps connectivity from the State Headquarters/ District Headquaters upto the Taluka (Block) level, and 1 Gbps connectivity from Taluka level to village level and 10 Mbps connectivity to the household level and connects all the Government offices with a bandwidth of 1 Gbps. To create a secure, reliable and accessible State-wide information superhighway sustained through an expanding set of digital services transforming Goa into a fully connected digital State. To provide broadband network infrastructure with Optic Fiber Cable connectivity coupled with wireless connectivity as needed, throughout the State of Goa. The GBBN shall provide 10 Gbps connectivity from the State Headquarters/ District Headquaters upto the Taluka (Block) level, and 1 Gbps connectivity from Taluka level to village level and 10 Mbps connectivity to the household level and shall connect all the Government offices with a bandwidth of 1 Gbps. Government, Citizens and Businesses

Objective

Why was the project started

Target group

The GBBN architecture has been divided into 3 tiers. The vertical interconnectivity between the State Headquater (Panjim). District Headquater (Margao), Taluks, Municipalities and 190 village Panchayats in illustrated in the figure below:

Geographical reach

Date from which the project became operational 1-08-09 Is the project operational? still

Yes, Govt office connectivity contract is till 2019 and connectivity to Citizen, Industry and enterprise continues there after. First State to have IP Based, 10Gb fiber 7 backbone High-Bandwidth Broadband Network
8 6 GBBN infrastructure reaches all parts of

10 points that make the programme/project innovative?

the State and is able to extend true broadband connectivity to Government, businesses and citizens:

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-10 Gbps connectivity between State Headquarter(Panjim) and District Headquarter(Margao) -10 Gbps connectivity from State Headquarter and District Headquarter upto the Taluka level -1 Gbps connectivity from Taluka level to Village Panchayat level -1 Gbps to all semi-government organizations including Educational Institutions, Hospitals and other designated locations. -10 Mbps to the connected households in Goa. Only state to provide true broadband connectivity of a minimum of 10 MBps upto Village / Panchayat Level Only network where the same network is utilized for Government, Businesses and Citizens It provides AVVID Structure (Architecture of Voice, Video and Integrated Data) for the Government, all businesses and citizens Capability to provide innovative services on the established infrastructure such as IPTV, Telemedicine and E-Learning

First state to deliver electronic services 2 to citizens in Rural areas same as those available to citizen in urban areas. First Government approved FTTH 10 Network across the State
List the 5 achievements of the programme/project? 1 Maintaining an SLA of 99% consistently

On the implementation of GBBN Network , Government of Goa has 2 received Best E-governed State ( Western Region) Award 3 Selected by India Today as State of the States for excelling in education, health, infrastructure, IT and investment

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scenario High Speed Services are reached to Village levels for the ease and convenience of citizens , especially rural areas are benefited Only Broadband Network inaugurated by PM Shri. Manmohan Singh Employment to local citizens in ICT Sector Migration of all small independent Networks of Government to GBBN High Speed Network Laying Fiber of 1400 Kms in the most difficult terrains (laterite soil) across the state Stringent timelines of GoG to execute the project were met successfully by UTL Operation Team irrespective of inclement weather conditions IT awareness successfully imparted to Rural Citizens Providing Dedicated 1Gbps fiber connectivity to 189 Village Panchayats and 225 Office PoPs Following and Maintaining the Stringent Service Level Agreement with GoG

List the 5 key challenges faced while implementing the programme/project/initiative and how they were overcome? 1

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List the 5 points how can the programme serve as a model that can be replicated or adapted by others? 1

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Single Network for Government and FTTH for Citizens to render improved quality of intranet and internet services to all stakeholders including villages. Long term contract of 10 years for Govt services Strong Network Backbone with 10Gbps connectivity State Govt as anchor customer enables private operator to reach rural po;pulation State Govt remaining as a partner to render services to citizen on a revenue

share basis.
List 5 points to elaborate on the scalability of the programme/project/initiative

All SWANs backbone is max of 8Mbps whereas GBBN has 10Gb mesh Backbone.This backbone capacity can be increased easily to cope with future requirements with out difficulty. 720Gbps Bandwidth Throughput available even at Taluka POP, whereas other SWAN has hardly 64Kbps available at THQs Many value added services are being / can be introduced like Telemedicine, eLearning, VOD and truly interactive services to Rural population also. All the New Technologies can be tried, tested and implemented since GBBN Network has abundance of Bandwidth Network is expandable to connect any numbers of Government departments, businesses and households in the future.

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