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Andhra Pradesh State FiberNet Limited
Company typeGovernment-owned
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded26 October 2015; 9 years ago (2015-10-26)
Headquarters
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
,
India
Area served
Andhra Pradesh
Key people
R. Karikal Valaven, (Chairman)
M. Madhusudhan Reddy (managing director)
Services
OwnerGovernment of Andhra Pradesh
Websitewww.apsfl.in

Andhra Pradesh State FiberNet Limited (APSFL) was a project initiated in October 2015 that aimed to provide affordable, end-to-end broadband, cable television and phone connectivity in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.[1] The project was announced by N. Chandrababu Naidu and was launched by the President of India on December 27, 2017, in a ceremony conducted in the capital city of Amaravati.[2][3] It is completely owned by Government of Andhra Pradesh[4] but works under partnership with Cisco Systems.[5]

Implementation

A.P. Fiber Grid Phase I is to set up a high-speed Optical Fiber Network Infrastructure across the 13 Districts of the State with the help of assets of the Electricity Department.[6] A 24-Core ADSS Optical Fiber Cable was laid for a length of around 23,000 km (14,000 mi) over the electrical poles with its back-end electronic systems being set up at the Points of Presence (PoPs) at 2449 identified sub-stations.[7] Phase I of the AP Fiber Grid Project for broadband connectivity was complete as of September 2020. Against the target of laying around 22,500 km (14,000 mi) of aerial optical fiber cable across the state, 16,000 km (9,900 mi) of cable pulling has been completed as of June 2016. A Network Operations Center (NOC) has also been commissioned at Visakhapatnam to look after the project in the state.[8]

Network

The network consists of a ring architecture that is distributed across all thirteen districts of Andhra Pradesh. It is a 1.3 Tbit/s dense Wavelength-division multiplexing based optical fiber network as a state ring with each district ring as a 100G DWDM subnet.

Vision

The Andhra Pradesh State FiberNet Limited has been incorporated under the Companies Act since 2013. Its vision is to establish a network infrastructure, accessible on a non-discriminatory basis broadband connectivity and to enable the realization of Vision of Digital AP, in partnership with the Government of India and the private sector. APSFL aims to promote digital affordable high-speed broadband connectivity to households and corporate users and by deepening the reach of the Internet in the rural areas. Its main motto is to provide 15 Mbit/s connections to 1.3 crore households and 100 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s connections for business enterprises.[9] This network also provides IPTV with 250 channels and a landline telephone for unlimited free calling to APfiber phones within Andhra Pradesh. This park also has been known for the worlds largest toilet.

Status

As of September 2020, APSFL has over 8,50,000 users. Although it has missed many of the initial deadlines and targets, the user base is steadily expanding. About 3150 schools, universities, and government offices are also connected to the network. The network also sees average traffic of 100 Gbit/s with its users.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "AP FiberNet project launch and cable TV biz - TelevisionPost: Latest News, India's Television, Cable, DTH, TRAI". TelevisionPost: Latest News, India’s Television, Cable, DTH, TRAI. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. ^ Kudikala, Chakri. "AP Fiber Grid Plans Starts at Rs 149; Provides Broadband, Television, and Telephone Services in a Single Package". TelecomTalk. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. ^ Dec 28, TNN | Updated:; 2017; Ist, 08:27. "President launches AP Fibernet, Rs 333 crore spent | Vijayawada News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 March 2020. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Andhra Pradesh State Fibernet Limited | About Us | AP Fiber". Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  5. ^ Sarma, Ch R. S. "AP fibre grid project launched". @businessline. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  6. ^ Mar 18, TNN | Updated; 2016; Ist, 15:23. "AP fibre grid project to be completed by July-end | Visakhapatnam News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 June 2019. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "DAS: Andhra seeks extension even as MIB warns". Indian Television Dot Com. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  8. ^ Kumar, V. Rishi. "Phase-1 of AP fibre grid project to be ready by July-end". @businessline. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Economic Development Board Andhra Pradesh - Infrastructure". apedb.gov.in. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  10. ^ RTI Data. "Information". Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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