Pr. ED RailTel met Gujarat CM; Working on crucial digitalization projects in Gujarat

Shri Vinod Agarwal, Pr. ED/RailTel met the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendra Bhai Patel to brief him about RailTel’s projects at Gujarat and also express gratitude for his continuous support to RailTel. 

Recently RailTel won a work order of Rs. 144.88 crore for the Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of CCTV Systems for the Department of ADGP, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of Gujarat. This work is crucial for advancing the safety system of the department. RailTel is currently working on a number of crucial digitalization projects in Gujarat.

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During the meeting, Sh. Agarwal also gave an update on the progress of Cluster-1 in the ongoing VISWAS Phase-II Project, highlighting that it is in the advanced stages of completion. RailTel is implementing Video Integration & State Wide Advanced Security (VISWAS) in Gandhinagar, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Arvalli, Patan, Mehsana, Kutch (East), and Kutch (West) districts of Gujarat.

Additionally, he briefed the Chief Minister on the current status of preparedness to extend FTTH/FTTx services to rural areas in Gujarat under the BharatNet Phase-II project. First of its kind Public Private Cooperative Partnership to deliver high speed broadband internet services along with WiFi Entertainment in the form of IPTV and OTT services shall also be delivered in the 22 districts of Gujarat. Additionally, Government to Citizens Benefits and Scheme awareness will be available.  Digitally enabled services such as  edu-Tech Fin-Tech, Agri-Tech shall also be delivered to the rural households through their Televisions. These  services are set for commercial launch this Diwali from Banaskantha District.

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About RailTel:

RailTel Corporation of India Ltd., a Navratna PSU under Ministry of Railways, is one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in India and a trusted end-to-end IT & ICT service provider. RailTel has extensive optical fibre network of 62,000 RKM along the railway tracks, a 21,000 KM citywide access network, 11000+ Point of Presence (PoPs) and 1,100 telecom towers Nationwide. RailTel has also created one of the world’s largest integrated public Wi-Fi networks, offering services at 6,112 railway stations across the country. This robust infrastructure is supported by a Central Network Operation Centre (CNOC) and four region-based Network Operation Centres (NOCs).

RailTel is a unique PSU with telecom licenses (IP-1, NLD, ISP) in-house Tier III data centre services, own Security Operation Centre and MeitY- empaneled cloud services under one roof. The company’s wide-ranging service portfolio includes MPLS VPN, leased lines, tower co-location, data centre services, cloud services, security operation centre services, HD video conferencing, Aadhaar-based authentication systems, e- tendering, retail broadband under the brand RailWire, IT and ICT projects, railway Signalling projects, and many more.

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