Lok Sabha Question No. 2907 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: FTTH Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: ANTO  ANTONY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2907 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  MAY, 2016

## FTTH  SERVICES

## 2907. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is providing Fibre To The Home (FTTH) services;
- (b) if so, the details and the salient features thereof;
- (c) the details of FTTH connections provided so far, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  tie  up  with  any  private  companies  for installation of FTTH; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a)&(b) Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL)  and  Mahanagar  Telephone Nigam  Limited  (MTNL)  are  providing  Fibre  to  the  Home  (FTTH)  services  to  select locations  based  on  their  techno-commercial  considerations.    Some  of  the  salient features of FTTH service are as follows:
-  It works on single fiber upto customer premises.
-  FTTH is the deployment of triple play services of voice, video and data through  Optical  Fiber  Cable  (OFC)  from  central  office  to  an  individual home.
-  It offers high speed internet.
- (c) Circle  wise  details  of  FTTH  connections  provided  by  BSNL  and  MTNL  are given in Annexure.
- (d)&(e) BSNL has selected the following vendors for the supply and installation of FTTH equipment:
-  M/s ITI Ltd.
-  M/s Sterlite Technologies Ltd.
-  M/s NSN Ltd.
-  M/s Teracom Ltd.
-  M/s ICOMM Ltd.

MTNL is having tie  up  with  M/s  Radius  Infratel  Pvt.  Ltd.  for  the  provision  of FTTH services.

## Annexure

Circle wise details of FTTH connections provided by BSNL and MTNL

| Circle                                       | Number of FTTH Connections   |
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| BSNL                                         | BSNL                         |
| Andhra Pradesh                               | 10050                        |
| Assam                                        | 498                          |
| Bihar                                        | 547                          |
| Chhattisgarh                                 | 1675                         |
| Gujarat                                      | 5678                         |
| Haryana                                      | 2189                         |
| Himachal Pradesh                             | 149                          |
| Jammu and Kashmir                            | 75                           |
| Jharkhand                                    | 397                          |
| Karnataka                                    | 21659                        |
| Kerala                                       | 7303                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                               | 4118                         |
| Maharashtra                                  | 3878                         |
| North East - I (Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram) | 258                          |
| Odisha                                       | 807                          |
| Punjab                                       | 2350                         |
| Rajasthan                                    | 6421                         |
| Tamilnadu                                    | 6920                         |
| UP(East) and UP(West)                        | 3953                         |
| Uttarakhand                                  | 681                          |
| West Bengal                                  | 834                          |
| MTNL                                         | MTNL                         |
| Delhi                                        | 3407                         |
| Mumbai                                       | 4287                         |

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