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DETAILED PROJECT REPORT

FOR

TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE AUGMENTATION

IN NORTH EASTERN STATES

Prepared by:

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANTS INDIA LTD.

(A Govt. of India Enterprise)

TCIL Bhawan, Greater Kailash - I, New Delhi - 110 048.

Telephone: 011 - 26202020 Fax: 011 - 26242266

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Contents1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..........................................................................................................................4

2. STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT.................................................................................................................9

3. TELECOM SCENARIO IN NORTH EAST .................................................................................................10

3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................10

3.2 The Bandwidth Bottle-Neck ........................................................................................................10

3.3 Way Ahead..................................................................................................................................11

3.4 USOF Support..............................................................................................................................15

4. TRANSMISSION MEDIA PLAN..............................................................................................................16

4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................16

4.2 Status of Existing USOF Schemes in North East ..........................................................................16

4.3 Need for State to State & State To District transmission Network ............................................17

4.4 Methodology of Incremental Fiber Requirement for Ring Completion: ....................................17

4.5 Details of existing Optical Fiber infra-structure:.........................................................................17

4.6 Backhaul Equipment Planning ....................................................................................................18

4.7 North Eastern Region Connectivity with rest of India ................................................................19

4.8 State to State OFC Connectivity ..................................................................................................20

Recommendation for State to State connectivity in North East ........................................................25

4.9 State to District Physical Ring Planning.......................................................................................26

Assam..................................................................................................................................................26

Recommendation for Assam State to District.....................................................................................35

Meghalaya...........................................................................................................................................36

Tripura.................................................................................................................................................43

Mizoram ..............................................................................................................................................48

Manipur...............................................................................................................................................58

Nagaland .............................................................................................................................................63

Arunachal Pradesh ..............................................................................................................................68

Sikkim ..................................................................................................................................................78

Details of Operator Fiber km. –Existing & New ..................................................................................80

Recommendation for North East - State To District Ring Connectivity ..............................................80

4.10 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ...............................................................................................................81

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4.11 OPERATING EXPENDITURE..........................................................................................................84

5. COVERAGE FOR UNCOVERED NATIONAL HIGHWAYS (NH) OF NORTH EAST STATES OF INDIA .........89

5.1 Introduction: ...............................................................................................................................89

5.2 Assumptions:...............................................................................................................................91

5.3 References: .................................................................................................................................91

5.4 Methodology:..............................................................................................................................91

Back haul channel ...................................................................................................................................93

5.5 BTS Cost Details...........................................................................................................................95

5.6 Result analysis:............................................................................................................................97

5.6 Key Observation:.......................................................................................................................104

5.7 Recommendation......................................................................................................................104

6. Annexure...........................................................................................................................................105

Annexure I: Graphical Representation of Rings on Google Maps.........................................................105

Annexure II: Data of Existing OFC of Various Operators.......................................................................105

Annexure III: Details of Fiber Km of TCIL & TRAI...................................................................................105

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARYIntroduction:

TCIL was approached by USOF Administrator vide Letter D.O No 30-119-1/2013 –USOF dated1st Nov 2013 for preparing a DPR in accordance with TRAI Recommendations dated Sep 2013for Telecom Infra-structure Augmentation in the North Eastern States including Sikkim andAssam.

TCIL studied the above mentioned TRAI Recommendations. Based on the study and variousmeetings that were held with USOF officers in Nov 2013 the scope of DPR was finalized.

The three verticals addressed in this study report for North East region is as follows:

1. Providing 2G coverage to the villages that are uncovered by any Telecom ServiceProvider (TSP).

2. Providing 2G coverage to the uncovered National Highway (NH) network of North East.3. Providing redundancy and diversity for the optical media from State Headquarter (SHQ)

to District Headquarter (DHQ) and Inter-State capitals connectivity.

This report covers 2G coverage to the uncovered National Highway (NH) network andtransmission media network gap analysis for providing redundancy and diversity for theoptical media from SHQ to SHQ and SHQ to DHQ of North East Region including Sikkim, atotal of 8 States.

The key findings are the quantity and cost required for upgrading the telecom infrastructure inNorth Eastern Region. The detailed of the study with quantity is given in the chapters. Thesummary of estimated cost along with quantity is given below.

CAPEX ESTIMATION

The capital expenditure required to build infrastructure is done for each vertical. The study asdetailed in further chapters emphasizes on the quantity of OFC km, equipment quantity andthe no. of BTSs required.

A. Transmission Media

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CAPEX for OFC

Sl.No. State No. of

Districts

New OFC (km.) OFC Cost (Rs. Cr.)

Total Cost(Rs cr.)

u/gBSNLDamaged

aerial u/g aerial

1 Assam 27 158 0 70 12.64 5.60 18.24

2Meghalaya 11 123 0 0 9.84 0.00 9.84

3 Mizoram 8 265 100 382 29.20 30.56 59.76

4 Tripura 8 76 0 0 6.08 0.00 6.08

5 Manipur 9 171 0 0 13.66 0.00 13.66

6 Nagaland 11 124 30 0 12.32 0.00 12.32

7 Arunachal 16 945 0 639 75.60 51.12 126.72

8 Sikkim 4 125 0 0 10.00 0.00 10.00

Total 94 1987 130 1091 169.34 87.28 256.62

Note: The rate has been estimated based on the BSNL tender rate for Defense where the minimum perKm rate has been Rs 13 lacs which includes ROW cost and stringent cable specification as per tenderrequirements. Considering lower OFC specifications and excluding ROW cost, the SITC cost for OFC hasbeen considered as Rs. 8 lakh per km. The per km. cost for OFC varies with the soil quality variation inthe sections especially in North East being tough terrain. Cost includes taxes and duties except Octroiand local taxes.

CAPEX for Equipment

Sl.No

.State

EquipmentQuantity Equipment Cost (RS)

Total Cost(Rs)

Total Cost(in Rs

Crores)

OA

OAD

M

DXC

OA OADM DXC

1 Assam 5 24 3 2,500,000 36,000,000 30,000,000 68,500,000 6.85

2 Meghalaya 7 10 1 3,500,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 28,500,000 2.85

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Sl.No

.State


Total Cost(Rs)

Total Cost(in Rs

Crores)O

A

OAD

M

DXC

OA OADM DXC

3 Mizoram 18 4 4 9,000,000 6,000,000 40,000,000 55,000,000 5.50

4 Tripura 6 7 1 3,000,000 6,000,000 40,000,000 49,000,000 4.90

5 Manipur 7 8 1 3,500,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 25,500,000 2.55

6 Nagaland 4 7 4 2,000,000 10,500,000 40,000,000 52,500,000 5.25

7 Arunachal 39 10 6 19,500,000 15,000,000 60,000,000 94,500,000 9.45

8 Sikkim 2 3 1 1,000,000 4,500,000 10,000,000 15,500,000 1.55

Total 88 73 21 44,000,000 109,500,000 210,000,000 363,500,000 38.90

B. ESTIMATED CAPEX for 2G Highway

The capital expenditure required to build infrastructure for 2G coverage in the uncoverednational highway of NER is tabulated below. The capital expenditure has been calculated basedon the items required for setting up the BTS site which includes evaluated BTS equipment ( 2TRX), tower & antenna, power infrastructure to support the BTS covering Solar panels, batteries(with 3 days autonomy) as well as DG supply and backhaul equipment along with accessories.The backhaul has been covered through Optical media assuming optical backbone is availablealong the national highways.

NER has a total highway length of 8480 km out of which 1272 km (15%) is uncovered for mobilecommunication. Based on the desktop study, a total no of 233 BTS has been found suitably tocover the area at a total cost of Rs 97.37 Crores.

S.

No.

BTS

Typ

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ATT

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of

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km.

for

30m

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Ant

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No

of T

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BTS

Wat

tage

Tota

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bers

of B

TS

Tota

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bers

of B

SC

Battery-Singleunit

Solarpower-SingleUnit

DG Set-SingleUnit Unit Cost

of Sitein Lakh

INR

Cost of Sitewith respectto BTS Typein Rs croresAH Watt KVA

1 A 5 2 1+1 150 144 6 417 1333 0.69 37.80 54.43

2 B 10 3.25 1+1 200 89 4 521 1667 0.87 48.25 42.94

Total Cost Estimate (In Rs. Crore) 97.37

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Note: The CAPEX calculated above does not include survey cost therefore, 10% additional costs on theestimated CAPEX is to be considered.

The above cost calculation was made taking into consideration the following item heads.

1. BTS with BSC and OMC-R (micro equipment)2. Power (considering less available Grid power)

Battery (3 days autonomy) Solar (6 hr sunshine) Diesel Generator

3. Tower (Mast type)4. Backhaul (Optical)5. Miscellaneous Items like Transportation, Site preparation, Installation etc

OPEX

On an average OPEX per year can be taken as 20% of capex cost. Such cost includes AMC,manpower, drive test and optimization, regular site maintenance, diesel etc.

C. Comparison with TRAI Report:

State Total KM Uncovered KM No of BTS

TRAI TCIL TRAI TCIL TRAI TCILArunachalPradesh 2302 1992 1218 597 122 119

Assam 3954 2836 94 131 10 23

Manipur 959 959 173 211 18 34

Meghalaya 810 810 0 40 0 9

Mizoram 927 927 8 74 1 12

Nagaland 494 494 101 187 10 29

Tripura 400 400 37 28 4 6

Sikkim 62 4 1

Total 9846 8480 1631 1272 165 233

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Based on the above following may be noted:

1. TCIL has estimated 233 BTS against TRAI estimation of 165 BTS. This is attributed to TRAIreport considering10Km per BTS whereas TCIL has estimated the BTS based on an average6 Km per BTS / 3 Km per BTS based on the topography.

2. TRAI report indicates uncovered NH distance of 1631 km against TCIL desktop estimationof 1272 km as detailed in subsequent chapters.

3. 1090 Km of National highway data of Arunachal Pradesh was not available on NIC GISwhich was part of TRAI report.

4. Estimation of BTS for 1090 km of NH stretch of Arunachal Pradesh has been extrapolatedconsidering 3 Km per BTS as assumption.

5. Total number of BTS estimate to cover 1272 Km stretch of National highways has beenestimated to be 233 at a cost of Rs. 97.37 cr.

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2. STRUCTURE OF THE REPORTThe broad structure of report is as follows:

Chapter 1 provides executive summary of the study carried out. It briefly explains the keyresults arrived after doing analysis.

Chapter 2 defines the structure of the report.

Chapter 3 details the generic Telecom status of NE region and various technologies evolving toaddress telecom needs.

Chapter 4 details the Transmission Media requirement between State to State rings and Stateto Districts ring connecting all eight North Eastern states of India including Assam, ArunachalPradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim. While analyzingincremental CAPEX it was assumed that the network Between District Headquarters and Blocksof each state is already subsidized by USOF and the network below Blocks upto Gram Panchayatare subsidized under NOFN project. The study has been done to ensure connectivity, Capacityand reliability of Transmission media in above mentioned eight North Eastern States.

Chapter 5 reports on the requirement for the 2G uncovered areas of National Highways ofNorth East, India. Sikkim state was also included in the study report. Total length of NH studiedwas 8480 Km out of which 1272 Km i.e. 15% was found uncovered by any service provider.GSM 900MHz was taken as reference for study.

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3. TELECOM SCENARIO IN NORTH EAST

3.1 IntroductionThe country has seen a phenomenal growth in the availability of economical telecomservices. People from all sections of the population are now using mobile telephone andaccessing the internet for viewing/retrieval of information and e-mail.

However, in respect of growing tele-density, the urban-rural divide continues. TheGovernment of India is determined to bridge the gap between urban and rural areas inrespect of telecom services, because access to voice and data services will play a crucialrole in the overall development and growth of the rural areas.

3.2 The Bandwidth Bottle-NeckThe transport system in North Eastern States is inadequate on many counts to carry thepresent/future levels of rural traffic. The shortcomings include insufficient multiplexcapacity, some areas not having OFC connectivity, use of radio media having inherentbandwidth/spectrum constraints, and, self-healing path protection is not available.

The existing networks are undergoing upgradation/expansion by the various operatorsbut this is in response to the growing commercial requirements, however, suchexpansion would not be undertaken with the objective of increasing infrastructure inanticipation of data traffic requirements that would arise in future years in remote andrural areas also because the software applications are also to be developed and setupfor the traffic to arise.

The solution to inadequate capacity mentioned above, is to deploy appropriatetransport technology in intra-district transport network that will provide cost-effectivehigh capacity. This network will also meet the futuristic requirement in terms oftechnology and the demand for various applications/services.

Other Challenges in rolling out Telecom Network in North East Terrain Difficulties ROW permissions Inadequate Power availability Infrastructure Issues

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3.3 Way Aheada. 4G - LTE

The way ahead is the new LTE based 4G based technologies which are already deployedin many countries. Instead of 2G & 3G based towers and equipments, the newinfrastructure should be based on 4G where the tower deployment is easier andcheaper. It is all the more required in remote places like NER where space, power andfunds are constraints as 4G offers solutions addressing all these issues. The 4G BTS arevery small in size and require very less power for operation, approx. 20W. Moreover,they can be installed on poles rather than towers. The 4G network is also roll backnetwork i.e., it supports 3G, Edge, GPRS as well as 2G. The 4G network is based on LTE-Advanced - 3GPP Long Term Evolution. LTE is a series of upgrades to existing UMTStechnology and will be rolled out on existing frequency band.

Therefore in remote areas where CAPEX is an issue along with power availability, theoperators should look at 4G option to make their networks it future proof.

b. Active Infrastructure sharing

Shared RAN is a concept in which one or more licensed mobile services operators agreeto share the radio access network of a third party infrastructure provider, for providingthe mobile telephone services in accordance with their license terms and conditions.The licensed operator would still own the core network and would continue to own andmanage it. The backhaul/transmission system could be on Optical Fibre Cable mediumor Microwave or alternative media/technology and used on a shared basis.

Sharing of passive infrastructure is already taking place between Mobile ServiceProviders on mutual agreement basis, and, third party infrastructure providers are alsosetting up passive infrastructure (BTS sites) for sharing by licensed mobile serviceproviders who pay rental/leasing charges to such third party infrastructure providers.7289 towers i.e. about 99.13% have been set up under shared mobile infrastructurescheme. The infrastructure so created is being shared by three service providers forprovision of mobile services. 15209 BTS’s have been commissioned by Service Providersand mobile services are being provided. This is as per 12th five year plan for Telecom.This results in reduced up-front cost of setting up BTS infrastructure for the serviceproviders since the passive infrastructure cost component is a major proportion of thetotal cost of setting up a wireless network.

The sharing of active infrastructure is the logical next step, and the Department ofTelecommunications (DOT) has now allowed sharing of active infrastructure amongst

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service providers based on mutual agreements entered amongst them. It is pertinent tomention that DOT guidelines exclude from sharing the allocated spectrum. The activenetwork allowed to be shared is limited to antenna, feeder cable, Node B, Radio AccessNetwork and transmission system only.

Cost savingsActive infrastructure sharing results in both CAPEX and OPEX savings for the sharingoperators.

It is known that passive sharing allows operators to share costs of passive infrastructurewhich is estimated to be almost 60% of the BSS cost. In case of active sharing becausethe BTS equipment, antennas and feeders are additionally shared, the CAPEX savings foroperators shall be more. However multi-operator equipment and antennas are moreexpensive than traditional RAN equipment. But with increased deployment of sharedRAN, the production costs may drop in future.

Also the common equipment platform results in less power consumption and reducedmaintenance costs.The additional savings that may be obtained on account of sharedRAN over passive infrastructure sharing may be estimated from a break-up of site CAPEXstructure.

Item of Site CAPEX (%)

Real Estate 28%

Labor cost/civil/ installation 30%

Base Station 22%

Antenna & feeder 10%

Power supply 5%

Others 5%

Total 100%

From above table it is seen that base station and antenna system account for about 32%of site CAPEX and depending upon the number of sharing operators, significant costsavings of appx. 25% may be obtained for each operator.

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In case of OPEX the savings shall arise from (a) lease/rental of passive infrastructuresince less space is required to accommodate more operators, and, (b) maintenance andpower consumption. The breakup of operational expenses for RAN have been estimatedas follows-

Item of Site OPEX (%)

Rental/Lease 40%

Backhaul 22%

Maintenance 20%

Others incl. power consumption 18%

Total 100%

Since all above expenses will get shared, the savings in OPEX are expected to besignificant up to appx 10% to 15% of OPEX per operator.

Commercial basisThe commercial basis of sharing should take into account (a) recovery of investmentmade by the third party infrastructure provider in a reasonable period, (b) the annualoperational expenses, and, (c) reasonable returns to sustain and grow the business asalso make reasonable profits.

Factors supporting Shared RANShared RAN may be seen as a new phase of the mobile industry, wherein through theconsolidation and sharing of the radio access network the operators shall be able toimprove coverage in a faster and more efficient manner than if each operator was toroll-out own network. It is also expected that the operators shall be able to providemore types of specialized services in this process.

The various factors that are expected to drive the deployment of shared RAN services inIndia include the following:

Government Teledensity outlook:The Government is having ambitious targets to raise the tele-density in remote/ ruralareas and seeing the remarkable growth, as per 12th Five year plan.

Pressure for cost reduction:

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In view of the low ARPU, the rollout of mobile networks can only be supported on astrategy of minimizing the cost and time of rollout of the network. The sharing of mobileinfrastructure is the only way to cut down the cost (especially for new operators). Asdiscussed above, passive infrastructure sharing is already taking place in a big way andthe sharing of active infrastructure in light of the recent TRAI guidelines shall be the nextbig thing.

Entry of new players and expansion plans of existing operators:Several major operators, who had been operating more on regional basis, have receivedlicenses as well spectrum in new circles, which would enable them to extend theiroperations on pan-India basis. Also, new licenses have been issued to players such asUnitech, Swan Telecom, and S Tel Limited. Given the significant expansion plans of newentrants over the medium term and the need for them to optimize investments in orderto maintain returns, demand for cell-sites is expected to significantly increase. The newentrants are likely to participate in this shared RAN services since they have to counterthe competition from entrenched players in an environment of low returns.

Technological Consolidation:The shared RAN represents an opportunity for existing operators to optimize andconsolidate their BSS infrastructure in urban and metro areas on a common, high-capacity and scalable platform (including wide-band and efficient IP transmissionnetwork) which shall support the variety of services under 3G/4G with the associatedhigher bandwidths / data-rates. The technological advantage coupled with the necessityof cost savings makes shared RAN solution equally attractive in semi-urban and ruralareas.

4G Spectrum Allocation:It is felt that the process of 4G spectrum allocations may be completed sometime thiscalendar year. The telecom industry is anxiously looking forward to the same. It isexpected that in the initial phase 4G services will be marketed in metro and major cities.However, the cost of migration to 3G/4G remains an important aspect and the sharedRAN network can be one of the solutions for economizing the cost. New technologies tofurther stimulate demand: In order to augment their services, various operators mayplan for providing 4G as well as Wi-Max services as soon as they receive additionalspectrum from Government.

Energy Saving:The shared RAN provides the method of overall reduction of BTS/towers which is in-factbecoming a necessity from the view point of environment and energy saving.

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Shorter Rollout time:Since the mobile industry is highly competitive, the new entrants face a greaterchallenge from incumbent operators already having widespread network, establishedbrand name and large subscriber base. Third party active infrastructure providers canprovide the economical cost and rollout time advantage which may prove critical forbusiness success of the newer entrants.

3.4 USOF SupportRecognizing that present/near-term revenue derived from carriage of rural/remote areatraffic on the augmented/expanded network may not be adequate to attract therequired quantum of investment, USOF intend to provide financial subsidy support byway of percentage of capital recovery for the five years towards cost of rollout of thedistrict OFC networks in the North East Area. In present report we are calculating theinvestment required (CAPEX) for building the augmented network.

The OFC network up-gradation/expansion in the various states is required to enable theintegrated development of USOF supported service streams, especially the creation ofgeneral infrastructure and induction of new technological developments in the telecomsector in rural and remote areas, and therefore qualifies for financial support from USOFunder the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules, 2006.

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4. TRANSMISSION MEDIA PLAN

4.1 IntroductionThe transmission media plays a key role in carrying the bulk data traffic from node tonode. The need for investment in the transmission media in NER has been realized afterthe study conducted by USOF under various schemes both for wireless and wire line. Inone such scheme of USOF for District Headquarter to Block Headquarter connectivity onOptical fiber in a ring topology of 2.5 Gbps upgradable to 10Gbps, the detailed OFCplanning had been done and a business plan for Assam & North East had been preparedby TCIL as consultants to USOF. The financial gap between capital recovery vis-a-viz netrevenue realized over a period of years was estimated. This gap was recognized byUSOF, and the subsidy was provided through tenders floated for DHQ to BHQconnectivity in NER and Assam so as to facilitate telecom operators to rollout thenetwork and mandatorily share it in regulated manner with other operators. BBNL hasalso addressed this issue Block downwards i.e. OFC connectivity from Block to GramPanchayat.

4.2 Status of Existing USOF Schemes in North EastThe projects of OFC connectivity in North Eastern region, below district level have beenassigned to BSNL &RailTel and the work is in progress. The status briefly is as follows:

Status of Project Scheme/ Project Current StatusDHQ – BHQconnectivity on OFCin ring topology.

USOF – AssamTender

302 blocks out of 353 has beencommissioned by BSNL under this scheme.Subsidy amount – 100Cr

USOF – North EastTender

Survey has been done in 6 North easternstates by RailTel and rollout has beeninitiated. Subsidy amount – 484 Cr approx.

USOF - Sikkim Study has been completed as a part of WestBengal telecom circle. USOF is yet to float atender. For this report TCIL has assumedthat no fund has been allotted for Sikkimyet.

BHQ – GramPanchayatconnectivity

BBNL – Assam Block to Gram Panchayat FTTx / GPONnetwork has been planned by the threeexecuting agencies in these states viz.,Assam, Arunachal, Nagaland, Tripura,Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur and Sikkim. Afund of approx 20000 Cr for pan-Indiarollout has been sanctioned to BBNL.

BBNL - North EastBBNL-Sikkim

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4.3 Need for State to State & State To District transmission NetworkThe transmission network as stated in the table above i.e. districts downwards isbuilding up under USOF schemes & BBNL project, it is realized that with emergence of3G based applications, video on demand and digital era, huge amount of data shall begenerated by the growing telecom subscriber base. To cater to this voluminous data, arobust network is required from state to district and further inter-state. This studyfocuses on the State to state and state to district part of the transmission network ofNER identifying the gaps in the physical connectivity and capacity wise as well.

4.4 Methodology of Incremental Fiber Requirement for Ring Completion:Keeping the data available in TRAI Recommendations as the baseline, approachfollowed is as given below:

1. Identify the state / district headquarters of North Eastern Region states on a map, as perthe latest data available. This was done using freeware Google Earth.

2. Study of existing fiber network , the references from TRAI, NIC, PGCIL Telecom Network,RailTel Network, BSNL planning sheets having existing and planned fiber information ofoperators in Assam & North East are taken.

3. A physical ring is planned considering the geographical factors i.e. roads, terrain andriver etc. on Google earth both for state to state and state to district for all 8 states ofNER.

4. The gap in the existing and new fiber required to complete the ring is identified. Thenew sections are analyzed against the sections in which subsidy is already providedunder various USOF schemes for Assam & North East Scheme for District To Block HQconnectivity in ring topology.

5. The Sections so identified after above mentioned steps are tabulated against the ringsfor each State.

6. In addition to the incremental fiber identified above, a provision of 10 km. fiber is takenfor inter-operator PoP to PoP connectivity and in case of new sections also, a 10 km.provision is kept for coiling, termination, and maintenance purposes.

4.5 Details of existing Optical Fiber infra-structure:The media augmentation for fiber redundancy and diversity needs to be plannedkeeping the total existing infra-structure of various service providers in mind andidentifying the existing fiber that can be used while planning the diversity andredundancy. The existing fiber routes are referred from TRAI Report (BSNL Network),PGCIL telecom network (PGCIL website), RailTel telecom network (RailTel Network ppt&USOF NE) data available with TCIL regarding existing OFC of various Service Providersand NIC database.

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4.6 Backhaul Equipment PlanningThe physical gaps are analyzed above and the backhaul equipment planning addressesthe capacity requirement in the rings planned as explained above. The rings are plannedconsidering existing optical fibre network of all the operators since the network is to beaugmented keeping in mind to avoid redundancy of transmission media on same routeby different operators.

Effect of Existing USOF Scheme

In USOF schemes adequate measures are taken to cover the above high lease costs.

Following deliverables are expected from BSNL and RailTel in Assam and North Eastrespectively:

1. The operator shall build, operate, own and manage all the equipment/infrastructure forthe intra district augmented/created OFC transport network.

2. The operator shall be responsible for complete augmented and created bandwidth inthe district wise OFC networks, covering both existing routes/sections,utilized/upgraded as well as new sections. This responsibility shall be on continuousbasis and will extend to all aspects of the scheme viz., roll-out and commissioning,operation and maintenance, and providing bandwidth on sharing basis.

3. During the validity of the agreement, at least 70% of the subsidized bandwidth capacityshall be made available by the host operator to other service providers for utilization, onsharing basis at discounted tariff as prescribed in the agreement.

4. The discounted tariff for Assam is 26.22% of current TRAI ceiling rate i.e. minimumdiscount of 73.78% on the current TRAI Ceiling tariffs for various bandwidth anddistance slabs.

5. The discounted tariff for NE-I circle is 12% and for NE-II is 27%. i.e. minimum discount of88% on the current TRAI Ceiling tariffs in NE-I Service Area and minimum discount of73% on the current TRAI Ceiling tariffs in NE-II Service Area.

6. The discount is valid on the subsidized bandwidth, provided on lease to other operators,in the OFC transport network from SDHQ-SDHQ, having both the ends in same district orin different districts.

7. The discounted tariff is applicable till the agreement period continuous between USOFand BSNL for Assam and USOF and RailTel for NE respectively.

From above it can be concluded that if BSNL and RailTel has to ensure the bandwidthfrom any District to any District and they have to share it with other operators at adiscounted rate as prescribed in their respective agreements. But their mandate is toensure ring architecture between DHQ and SDHQ. From SDHQ of one district to SDHQ of

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another district, they have to only ensure a path, not a protected path. Hence forredundancy in path between State HQ to District HQ, plan has already been proposedabove. It is assumed that 2.5G ADM are available at all DHQs as it is one of thedeliverables to ensure ring of minimum 2.5G expandable to 10G.

State to State & State to District Ring Design

The SDH ring design with an interconnected multi-ring architecture overlaid over anoptical mesh network or on Optical physical network as planned in state-wise physicalrings above. The no. of wave lengths required in any logical ring, is calculated using theadditional bandwidth requirement from the TRAI report. The logical rings consist ofOptical Add/Drop Multiplexers (OADM) and Digital Cross Connects (DXC). OADM isplaced on nodes where a part of traffic is dropped, some traffic is inserted and the restis passing through. Digital cross connects are used to cross connect inter ring trafficbetween multiple rings where inter ring traffic is defined as the set of demands suchthat source node belongs to one ring and the destination node belongs to other ring.Optical Amplifiers (OA) are placed where only signal regeneration and pass through isneeded.

A state-wise equipment plan is formulated and the lease charges wherever requiredshall be extra. We are also assuming that the existing system present is 2.5G SDH is justsufficient to cater to existing traffic need of blocks below DHQ and a separateequipment shall be planned at DHQ for SHQ to DHQ ring. In order to meet therequirement of increasing bandwidth demand on the basis of various applications,DWDM needs to be deployed.

From above it is analyzed that at least 40 lambda, 2.5G, DWDM system shall berequired. The Digital Cross Connect (DXC) is planned at all the state Headquarters and atthose District HQs where two or more rings are interconnecting. A provision of oneOADMat each District Head Quarter is taken while planning. In new sections, an Opticalamplifier (OA) is placed at every 40 km. distance for regeneration of signal. In a ring,when there is an inter operator switching of traffic, an OA is planned at interconnectionpoint. An OA is also planned at nodes other than DHQ in the ring which are at the endpoints of new section. The equipment projections on the rings are analyzed in therespective tables of state.4.7 North Eastern Region Connectivity with rest of IndiaAssam state is the gateway to the northeastern part of India. It is surrounded by theother northeastern states: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripuraand Meghalaya. Assam along with these 6 states, together called the “seven sisters”.

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These states are connected to the rest of India via Assam's border with West Bengal anda narrow strip called the "Chicken's Neck."

Redundant Connectivity of Guwahati with Rest of India (Chicken Neck)

Traffic Routing of North East State And Assam through KolkataAll the telephone traffic generated by BSNL and other operators in these Seven SistersState has to be brought to Kolkata for further routing through the Tax Network. Theentire NorthEastState telecommunication OFC link with rest of India must pass throughthis “Chicken Neck Area”. At present, the distance between Kolkata and Agartala inIndia's landlocked northeast is a staggering 1,700 km Incase of disruption in this routethere is no alternate land route.

Moreover, distance wise this is a long route, subject to greater number of faults. Duringany emergency, the telecommunication is solely dependent on satellite communication,which is not cost effective as well as is a low speed with narrow bandwidth. The OFCmedium would offer a better future solution in terms of expansion of bandwidthcapacity.

In the TRAI report referred, it is mentioned that the OFC route Bongaigaon – Guwahati –Nagaon (350km) which connects Guwahati to the rest of India has been damagedbeyond repair due to road widening work and therefore may be funded. It is to mentionthat subsidy for the same has already been provided in USOF Assam scheme and thissection will also get covered indirectly while connecting these districts with theirrespective sub-districts.

4.8 State to State OFC ConnectivityThe state to state ring connectivity is seen w.r.t Guwahati, where all the traffic routesand table below shows physical ring from Guwahati to the six NE states & Sikkim. It isseen that in most cases existing OFC connectivity is available on BSNL. Some keysections are available on PGCIL, which is a robust & reliable being OPGW network. Thenetwork of RailTel& Oil India (reference TRAI report) is also present as redundant pathon some sections. There are only two new sections from Dhemaji to Dibrugarh andKhowai to Kamalpur in Tripura identified , where new fiber need to be laid for ensuringstate to state interconnectivity , the CAPEX for same is accounted in the respective statetables.

The equipment upgradation planning is done in all State to Districts rings. A Digital CrossConnect is planned at each State Capital which is equipped with high capacity OADMs.

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The DXC shall be adequate for State to State rings and shall work as an interconnectbetween State to state ring and State to District ring. No additional equipment isrequired at State Head Quarters. Hence, Capex requirement in terms of equipmentupgradation is nil in State to state connectivity as it is already covered in State to Districtrings.

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Table 1: State to State Proposed Rings

S.No.

StateHQ toStateHQ

Ring Proposed new OFC(Km)

Operator Presence Reference Remarks

1

Guwahati to

Itanagar

Option 1

Guwahati - Baihata -Mangaldai - Rowt -Dekhiajuli - Tejpur - Balipara- BCL Halem - Gohopur -Itanagar - Naharlagun -Nirjuli - Bandardewa - NorthLakhimpur - Gogamukh -Dhemaji - Silapather -Dibrugarh - Moran -Sibasagar - Gaurisagar - Teok- Jorhat - Numaligarh -Bokakhat - Kaziranga -Kuwaritol - Nagaon -Mahadevgaon - Guwahati

The CAPEX and kmpertaining to this ringare covered in State toDistrict ring of Assamas the only uncoveredportion (Dhemaji –Dibrugarh (70km)coincides with thedistrict to district ringof Assam.

BSNL is present from Guwahatito Dhemaji to Silapather.From Dhemaji to DibrugarhOFC of any operator (BSNL,RailTel and PGCIL) is notpresent, and Brahmaputrariver is in mid way, henceaerial OFC is prposed in thissection.From Dibrugarh to GuwahatiBSNL existing fibre is present. KML 1

Dhemaji toDibrugarh 70km stretchonBrahmaputrariver andsubject toconstructionof bridgeacross. Thering length isvery large forItanagar ringconnectivitywithGuwahati.HenceOption 2below ismoreappropriate.

Option 2

Guwahati - Baihata -Mangaldai - Rowt -Dekhiajuli - Tejpur - Balipara- BCL Halem - Gohopur -Itanagar - Tejpur -Bongaigaon - Guwahati 0 Km

Guwahati to Itanagar section isExisting fibre of BSNL.Itanagar to Tezpur toBongaingaon to Guwahatisection has an alternateredundancy through PGCIL. KML 2

PGCIL returnpath offersreliable &better Ringredundancy.

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S.No.

StateHQ toStateHQ



2

Guwahati -Shillong-Silchar-Imphal-Kohima-Dimapur -Guwahati

Option 1

Guwahati - Pathankhana -Mairang - Shillong - Jowai -Kalain - Silchar - Jiribam -Tamenglong - Kangkopi -Imphal - Ukhrul - Kohima -Sechu - Dimapur - Bakulia -Nagaon - Motapahar –Guwahati

0 km

BSNL is available in entireroute.PGCIL is available in followingsections:Guwahati - ShillongShillong - SilcharSilchar - Imphal (planned)Imphal - DimapurDimapur - Tezpur - Bongaigaon- Guwahati

Alternate routes are presentfor the following:Guwahati - Shillong viaNongpoh.Kohima - Dimapur via NulandDimapur to Nagaon viaNumaligarh KML 3

3

Silchar -Agartala -Aizawl–Silchar

Silchar - Karimganj -Patharkandi - Dharamnagar -Kamalpur - Khowai -Mohanpur - Agartala -Salema - Ambassa -Manughat - Aizwal - Serken -Kolasib - Silchar

Only a small section ofthe ring is uncovered,which is covered as apart of State to Districtring of Tripura.

Silchar - Karimganj -Patharkandi - Dharamnagar -Kamalpur : BSNL existing.Kamalpur - Khowai: New OFCProposed (included in Tripurastate to district).Agartala - Salema - Ambassa :BSNL and PGCIL present.Ambasa - Manughat : BSNLpresent.Manughat to Aizwal: PGCILpresent. KML 4

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S.No.

StateHQ toStateHQ



Aizwal to Silchar: BSNL OFCpresent.

This is also to mention thatPGCIL has planned OPGW fromAizwal to Kolasib which maybe considered after checkinglatest status from PGCIL.

4

Guwahati -Gangtok

Option 1

Guwahati - Rangia -Padhshala - Bongaigaon -Coochbehar (WB) - Jalpaiguri- Siliguri - Gangtok - Melli -Siliguri - Bongaigaon –Guwahati

0 km

Guwahati - Rangia - Padhshala- Bongaigaon - Coochbehar(WB) - Jalpaiguri - Siliguri -Gangtok : BSNL present

Gangtok - Melli - Siliguri -Bongaigaon - Guwahati: PGCILpresent

OFC of OIL India is alsoavailable from Guwahati -Dharampur - Barpeta Road -Kokrajhar - Madarighat –Siliguri KML 5

The referenced KML files are placed in Annexure-1

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Recommendation for State to State connectivity in North EastThe state to state connectivity analysis has been done and it is analyzed that BSNL OFCnetwork is existing from state to state in NER region. However, redundancy on theseexisting routes is critical as these are bulk traffic carrying routes and generally NER hasdifficult terrain so any fiber damage / cut may take long time to repair.

With this perspective, PGCIL OPGW network along high power transmission line is veryreliable option, it is connecting all state capitals with Guwahati. The details are providedin Table above. As mentioned in TRAI report, PGCIL is not leasing dark fiber but onlyproviding bandwidth and the tariff on these NER routes is also relatively high. This issuemay be dealt by calculating the financial gap and providing subsidy to PGCIL on thesespecific routes. It is essential to create a level playing field in NER and encourageoperators to enter in NER. At the same time PGCIL may reduce its bandwidth leasingcharges to other operators, hence, to reduce unnecessary incremental OFC layout forredundancy network and to utilize the existing OFC in best way USOF may suitablyprovide subsidy support to existing operators for the same to promote improvement oftelecom infrastructure in North Eastern states.

The analysis of the redundancy and capacity for state to state ring is done and thestrategy is tabulated below. As such no infrastructure gap is seen. The issue is highBandwidth lease charges and non-availability of dark fiber by operators with existinginfrastructure like BSNL & PGCIL in NER.

S.No State to StateConnectivity

CAPEXRequirement

Operator Presence

1 Assam - ArunachalPradesh

NIL BSNL & PGCIL fiber is existing fromGuhawati to Itanagar. It is presumedthat under the recent BSNL & PGCILagreement, the PGCIL section is availableto BSNL.

2 Assam - Meghalaya-Manipur - Nagaland

NIL BSNL fiber is existing connecting thestate capital Guwahati, Imphal, Shillong,& Kohima.

3 Assam (CacharDistrict) - Tripura-Mizoram

NIL (36km fibercovered in Tripura)

The ring as a sub ring from Silchar(Assam Cachar district) is envisaged onBSNL & PGCIL fiber to connect Silchar –Agartala-Aizawl - Silchar. A small sectionfrom Kamalpur – Tulashikhar (36 km.)appears to be non existing (can bechecked with RailTel).

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4 Assam – Sikkim NIL BSNL & PGCIL fiber is existing fromGuhawati to Gangtok.

Note: The above CAPEX requirement includes cost of OFC (supply + service). The provision ofCAPEX for Equipment upgradation is kept in state to district rings and the same systemshall suffice the requirement of state to state rings.

4.9 State to District Physical Ring Planning

The study of state to district connectivity in ring topology is done for Assam, Sikkim andthe six North Eastern state and it is seen that mostly BSNL is present and manyuncovered sections are already funded in USOF Assam & NE scheme. However, RailTel&BSNL need to expedite the rollout of fiber in the NER and adhere to the timelines given.The incremental quantity of OFC length as analyzed in table below for State to Districtring completion is subject to completion of the USOF Assam & NE scheme.

AssamThe Assam state has 27 districts, and the study is done w.r.t to state head quarter –district headquarter connectivity in ring on OFC, considering the existing fiber of variousoperators. The gaps identified are from

1) Dhemaji to Dibrugarh (70 km) - This is subject to completion of bridge onBrahmaputra river as also mentioned in TRAI report. This section is important frompoint of view of state to district ring connectivity in Assam. Survey may be done to getthe actual length of underground fiber and aerial fiber over Brahmaputra river.

2) Silchar to Diphu - On this section, in parts BSNL(Silchar to Udarband existing),Habagajao – Maibang (subsidy provided in USOF Assam Scheme) andRailTel (Dihu toLumding) is present.The new section length is estimated as Udarband(Cachar) –Harangajao (North Cachar)59 km and Maibang- Lumding79.1km, the total length is138 km. The detailed ring covering the connectivity & redundancy is tabulated in Table 2and the respective KML files are placed at KML-6 to KML 8 in Annexure 1.

The capacity enhancement of these rings is done by equipment planning on 40 lambda,2.5 G DWDM rings , the methodology is explained in 4.6 section.

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Table 2A: State Headquarter to District Headquarter OFC Connectivity (Assam)S.

No.

Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Assa

m S

tate

to Dist

rict(

ASD)

RIN

G

1 1

Guwahati -Goalpara -Baitamari (BTM) -Bilasipara (BLSP) -Dhubri -CoochBehar (COB) -Kokrajhar -Kajalgaon -Bongaigaon -Barpeta Rd -Nalbari - Rangia -Guwahati 9

Kamrup,Kamrup(metro),Goalpara,Dhubri, Kokrajhar,Chirang,Bongaigaon,Barpeta,Nalbari Entire ring BSNL TRAI Nil

Kajalgaon isDHQ ofChirangdistrict, and itis very near (10km) toBongaigaon.Therefore it ispresumed thatas per TRAIinformationand USOFAssam tenderreference,Kajalgaon isconnected onthis ring withGuwahati. ASD – 1

Guwahati-Pathshala-Barpeta Rd-Bongaigaon-Kokrajhar OIL TRAIGuwahati -Kahelipara-Bongaigaon PGCIL

PGCILWebsite

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S.N

o.

Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Assa

m S

tate

to Dist

rict(

ASD)

RIN

G

Guwahati -Chayagaon-Duphdhara-Goalpara-NewBongaigaon-Kokrajhar-Bijni- BarpetaRd - Nalbari –Guwahati RailTel

RailTelSDHppt

2 2

Guwahati -Baihata(BHT) -Mangaldai (MLD)-Tezpur-N.Lakhimpur -Dhemaji -Dibrugarh - Tinsukia- Duliajan - Sonari -Sibsagar - Jorhat -Marianil - Golaghat- Nagaon- Marigaon- Guwahati 11

Darrang,Sonitpur,Lakhimpur,Dhemaji,Dibrugarh,Tinsukia,Sivsagar,Jorhat,Golaghat,Nagaon,Marigaon

Guwahati -Dhemaji &Dibrugarh -Guwahati BSNL TRAI

Dhemaji-Dibrugarh

TRAI& NIC

70km

Nagaon -Marigaon -Guwahati isexistingsection as perNIC. It isshown asplanned inTRAI Report. ASD-2

Guwahati-Nagaon -Jorhat-Duliajan OIL TRAIGuwahati-Bongaigaon-Tejpur- Nagaon PGCIL

PGCILWebsite

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S.N

o.

Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Assa

m S

tate

to Dist

rict(

ASD)

RIN

G

Guwahati-Sikoni- Jorhat-Moran-Tinsukia-Namrup-Mariani-Furkating-Sarupatahr-Dimapur-Diphu-Lumding-Lanka-JagiRoad-Guwahati RailTel

RailTelSDHppt

3 3

Guwahati - Shillong- Jowai - Karimganj -Hailakandi - Silchar- Haflong - Diphu -Guwahati 5

Karimganj,Hailakandi,Cachar,Haflong,Diphu

Guwahati -Shillong - Jowai- Karimganj -Hailakandi -Silchar BSNL

TRAI& NIC

Silchar-Udarband(Cachar) –Harangajao(NorthCachar)59 km–Haflong–Maiba

TRAI ,USOFAssamScheme,NIC

138.1 km ASD-3

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S.N

o.

Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Assa

m S

tate

to Dist

rict(

ASD)

RIN

G

ng(covered inUSOFAssam)-Lumding79.1km

Guwahati-Kahelipara-Shillong -Khlerihat-Badarpur -Silchar PGCIL

PGCILWebsite

Guwahati-Digaru-Jagi rd-Chapramukh-Lanka-Lumding-Diphu -Tinsukia-Dibrugarh-Jorhat-Guwahati RailTel

RailTelSDHppt

4 4

Guwahati - Nagaon- Musalpur -Tamulpur - Udalguri- Guwahati 2

Udalguri,Baksa

Guwahati -Musalpur &Guwahati -Udalguri BSNL TRAI

Udalguri &Baksa will getconnected inring through ASD-2

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S.N

o.

Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Assa

m S

tate

to Dist

rict(

ASD)

RIN

G

their BlockHeadquartersunder USOFAssam Tender.Subsidyalreadyprovided.

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Table 2B: State Headquarter to District Headquarter Equipment Planning (Assam)

RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)

Provision Inter-Operato

r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

EquipmentRequired

RemarksExisting New U/g or

Aerial OA DXC

ASD 1

Guwahati - Goalpara -145

BSNL1 DXC at Guwahati,

Nagaon, Nalbari

Goalpara -Baitamari (BTM)-

47.5

BSNL

RailTel, OIL & PGCILalso there on cerainsection of this ring

Baitamari (BTM)-

Bilasipara (BLSP)- 42.3 BSNL

Bilasipara (BLSP)- Dhubri - 43.6 BSNL

Dhubri -CoochBehar(COB) 80.4 BSNL

CoochBehar(COB) - Kokrajhar - 144 BSNL- Kokrajhar - Kajalgaon - 31.6 BSNLKajalgaon - Bongaigaon - 10 BSNLBongaigaon - Barpeta Rd - 50.3 BSNLBarpeta Rd - Nalbari - 68.3 BSNLNalbari - Rangia - 20 BSNLRangia - Guwahati 54.7 BSNL

ASD 2 Guwahati - Baihata(BHT) - 189 BSNL

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RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

EquipmentRequired


Aerial OA DXC

Baihata(BHT) -Mangaldai(MLD)-

201

BSNL

RailTel, OIL & PGCILalso there on cerainsection of this ring

Mangaldai(MLD)- Tezpur- 94.6 BSNLTezpur- N.Lakhimpur - 206 BSNLN.Lakhimpur - Dhemaji - 69.4 BSNL

Dhemaji - Dibrugarh -70

aerial New2 aerial km. subject to

surveyDibrugarh - Tinsukia - 47.7 BSNLTinsukia - Duliajan 26.7 BSNLDuliajan - Sonari - 66.8 BSNL- Sonari - Sibsagar - 47.1 BSNLSibsagar - Jorhat - 58.7 BSNLJorhat - Marianil - 17 BSNLMarianil - Golaghat - 39.9 BSNLGolaghat - Nagaon- 153 BSNLNagaon- Marigaon - 56.9 BSNLMarigaon - Guwahati 78.9 BSNL

ASD 3

Guwahati - Shillong - 99.6 BSNLShillong - Jowai - 67.3 BSNLJowai - Karimganj - 160 BSNL

Karimganj - Hailakandi - 61 BSNLHailakandi - Silchar - 43.7 BSNL

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RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

EquipmentRequired


Aerial OA DXC

Silchar - Udarband 18.7 BSNL 3 Note 1Udarband Harangajao 59 10 u/g NewHarangajao Haflong 42 BSNLHaflong Maibang 50 BSNLMaibang Lumding 79 10 NewLumding Diphu 39 RailTelDiphu Nagaon 143 BSNL 1Nagaon Guwahati - 127 BSNL

ASD 4

Guwahati - Nalbari - 141 BSNL 1Nalbari - Musalpur - 240 BSNLMusalpur - Tamulpur - 42 BSNLTamulpur - Udalguri - 79.9 BSNLUdalguri - Guwahati 128 BSNL

3572.6 208 20 Total 5 3

No. of DHQs 27No. of DXC 3 DXC at Guwahati, Nagaon, NalbariNo. of OADM 24No. of OA 5

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Recommendation for Assam State to District

The analysis of Assam State to District ring shows that BSNL is the dominant operator. It hasalready existing OFC covering all the districts and most sub-districts under USOF Assam project.As per the project mandate the lease tariff is reduced on these sections. The State to Districtgap in Assam for the fiber & equipment is nominal and BSNL may be directly given subsidybeing dominant operator to complete this gap and mandated to provide bandwidth on lease atreduced tariff.

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MeghalayaMeghalaya state Headquarter is Shillong and has 11 districts, which includes four newdistricts formed after 2011 census. The detailed study for the ring connectivity betweenShillong and District Headquarters is done using freeware Google earth and existingfiber information from TRAI report under reference and the details of planninginformation conducted for USOF North East Scheme in which rings were formedbetween District to Block HQ on fiber.

In Meghalaya all the district headquarter are connected to Shillong in five rings on BSNLexisting fiber and on the gap sections are already considered while USOF NE planningwherein these sections are subsidized and to be executed by RailTel.

One new Section of 53 km from Riangdo to Bokois proposed and shall provideadditional redundancy to four rings envisaged.

The various rings are tabulated in Table 3 and the respective KML files are placed at KML9 to KML 12 in Annexure 1.

The capacity aspect on these rings are done by equipment planning on 40 lambda, 2.5 GDWDM rings and repeater distance of 40 km is taken on new sections. The methodologyis explained in Section 4.6 Backhaul equipment planning.

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Table 3A: MEGHALAYA STATE TO DISTRCT OFC RING ANALYSIS

Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Meg

hala

ya S

tate

to D

istr

ict (

MSD

Ring

)

1Shillong - Jowai-Khliehriat - shillong 3

East KhasiHills, WestJaintia, EastJaintia

Option 1

Shillong - Jowai -Khliehriat BSNL TRAI

MSD-1

Khliehriat –Shillong PGCIL

PGCILWebsite

Option 2

Shillong -Mawryngkneng -Jowai - Dawki -Pynursala-Langkyrdem-Shillong BSNL TRAI

Dawki-Pynursla , tobe executedby NETF asper TRAI

Jowai- Amlarem-Lakadong- Rymbia-Khliehriat- Jowai RailTel

Jowai-Khlierihat-LakadongRing inUSOF NEPlan

Subsidyallocatedunder USOF-NE schemefor thissection.

2

Shillong- Nongpoh -Guwahati - Borjhar-Patharkhama-Mairang -Shillong 1 Ri Bhoi Option 1

Ring (partly BSNLpresent) & partlycovered underUSOF NE tenderplanning

BSNL&RailTel

TRAI,USOF NEPlan

Subsidyallocatedunder USOF-NE schemefor this

MSD-2

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Meg

hala

ya S

tate

to D

istr

ict (

MSD

Ring

)

section.

3

Shillong -Pongjhung -Mawkyrwat-Nongstoin-Mairang- Shillong 2

West KhasiHills, SouthWest Khasi Option 1 Ring Existing BSNL TRAI

MSD-3

4

Shillong -Pongkhung-Mawkyrwat-Noongstoin-Riangdo-WilliamNagar -Songsak-Resubelpara-Krishnai- Dudhnoi-Boko-Guwahati-Nongpoh - Shillong 5

East GaroHills, NorthGaro Hills,West KhasiHills, SouthWest Khasi,Ri Bhoi Option 1 Existing Ring BSNL TRAI

Ring viaAssam

MSD-4

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Meg

hala

ya S

tate

to D

istr

ict (

MSD

Ring

)

5

Shillong- Nongstoin- Williamnagar-Baghmara-Mahendraganj -Ampati -Garobadha - Tura -Mendal -Resubelpara -Dudhnoi - Boko -Guwahati-Nongpoh - Shillong 5

East GaroHills, WestGaro Hills,South WestGaro Hills,South GaroHills, NorthGaro Hills Option 1

Ring (partly BSNLpresent) & partlycovered underUSOF NE tenderplanning

BSNL&RailTel

TRAI,USOF NEPlan

Riangdo-Boko

53km TRAI

Ring existingon BSNLexceptMahendraganj -Barengparaand Rewa -Nongalbibrasectionswhich arecovered inUSOF NEplanning&subsidized.

MSD-5

Riangdo-Boko, newsectionproposed willprovideadditionalredundancyfor ring no.2,3,4,5above.

NoteSection, Mahendraganj - Barengpara , Rewa- Nongalbibra &, Rongram-Williamnagar as suggested in TRAI report are also covered in USOF NEplanning and therefore subsidized.

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Table 3B: MEGHALAYA STATE TO DISTRCT EQUIPMENT PALNNING

RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

Equipment Required Remarks

Existing New U/g or

Aerial OA DXC

MSD 1(option

1)

Shillong Jowai 65 BSNL 1

DXC at ShillongJowai Khliehrait 31.8 BSNLKhliehrait Shillong 95.8 10 PGCIL

MSD 2

Shillong Umsning 30 BSNL

DXC of Guwahatitaken in Assam

Umsning Nongpoh 21 BSNL

Nongpoh Umling 13 10BSNL,RailTel 1

Umling Umkadhor Rd 39 RailtelUmkadhor Rd Mairang 54 10 BSNL 1Mairang Shillong 46 BSNL

MSD 3

Shillong Ponkjhung 53.8 BSNLPonkjhung Mawkyrwat 21.9 BSNLMawkyrwat Nongstoin 37.8 BSNLNongstoin Mairang 49.4 BSNLMairang Shillong 45.8 BSNL

MSD-4

Shillong Pongkhung 53.8 BSNLPongkhung Mawkyrwat 21.9 BSNLMawkyrwat Nongstoin 37.8 BSNLNongstoin Riangdo 43.8 BSNLRiangdo WilliamNagar 101 BSNLWilliamNagar Songsak 30.3 BSNLSongsak Resubelpara 39.8 BSNL

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RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator


Existing New U/g or

Aerial OA DXC

Resubelpara Krishnai 21.6 BSNLKrishnai Dudhnoi 13.2 BSNLDudhnoi Boko 47.7 BSNLBoko Guwahati 65.8 BSNLGuwahati Nongpoh 49.3 BSNLNongpoh Shillong 51.1 BSNL

MSD-5

Shillong Nongstoin 94.7 BSNLNongstoin Williamnagar 141 BSNLWilliamnagar Nongalbibra, 22 BSNL

Nongalbibra, Rewak 38 10 Railtel1

Rewa -Nongalgipara(Railtel USF NE)

Rewak Baghmara 24 10 BSNL 1Baghmara Barenghpara 53 BSNL

BarenghparaMahendraganj 50 10 Railtel 1

Mahendraganj Ampati 28 10 BSNL 1

Ampati Garobadha 22.8 BSNLGarobadha Tura 28.2 BSNLTura Mendal 60.8 BSNLMendal Resubelpara 25.7 BSNLResubelpara Dudhnoi 26.8 BSNLDudhnoi Boko 47.7 BSNL

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RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator


Existing New U/g or

Aerial OA DXC

Boko Guwahati 65.8 53 u/g BSNL1

Boko - riangdo -New (53 km.subsection)

Guwahati Nongpoh 49.3 BSNLNongpoh Shillong 51.1 BSNL

Total 2010.3 53 70 0 7 1

No. of DHQs 11No. of DXC 1 DXC at ShillongNo. of OADM 10No. of OA 7

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TripuraThe Tripura State has Headquarter at Agartala and has 8 districts, including four newdistricts formed after 2011 census. There are 3 rings envisaged from Agartala to itsdistricts which are covered on BSNL fiber and some new sections are alreadysubsidized through USOF NE-1 tender.

A new section required to connect ring between Districts HQ Khowai, Kaliashahar, &Dharamnagar is from Kamapur – Tulashikar (36 km) This section is also identified inthe state to state rings for connectivity from Shillong to Agartala to Aizawl but cost ofthis section is taken here.

The rings are tabulated in Table 4 and are represented in KML 13 to KML 14 inAnnexure 1.

The capacity aspect on these rings are done by equipment planning on 40 lambda,2.5 G DWDM rings and repeater distance of 40 km is taken on new sections. Themethodology is explained in Section 4.6 Backhaul equipment planning

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Table 4A: Tripura State to District OFC ring

Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Trip

ura

Stat

eto

Dis

tric

t(T

SD R

ing)

1

Agartala -Birendranagar-Ambassa-Gandarchara-Amarpur-R.K.pur(Udaipur) - Bisramganj -Agartala 4

WestTripura,Dhalai,Gomati,Sipahijala Option1 Existing Ring BSNL

TRAI, USOFNE planning TSD-1

2

Udaipur -Amarpur -Karbuk -Rupaichari -Satchand -Hrishiyamukh -Belonia –Udapiur 1

SouthTripura Option1

Partly BSNLexisting &remainingcovered inUSOF NEplanning

TRAI, USOFNE planning

NewSectionsaresubsidizedin USOF NETender

TSD-2

3

Agartala -Mohanpur -Khowai –Tulashikhar -kamalpur -Kailashahar-Dharamnagar-Kumarghat -Ambassa- 3

Khowai,Unakoti,NorthTripua Option1

Partly Existingon BSNL &rest coveredin USOF NETenderi.e.,Khowai-Kamalpur

BSNL, USOF NETender

TRAI, USOFNE planning

Kamalpur-Tulashikar

TRAI,USOF NEPlanning

36km TSD-3

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Trip

ura

Stat

eto

Dis

tric

t(T

SD R

ing)

Agartala

Option2

Agartala-Khowai-Kamalpur-Ambassa -Agartala

BSNL, USOF NETender

Kamalpur -Ambassa-Kumarghat-Dharamnagar-Kailashahar-KamalpurKailashahar-Dharamnagar-Kumarghat -Kailashahar

Option3

Agartala-Kumarghat PGCIL

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Table 4B: Tripura State to District Equipment Planning

RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)

Provision

Inter-Operator &

coilingetc

OFC

Operator

EquipmentRequired


Aerial OA DXC

TSD-1

Agartala Birendranagar 17.4 BSNL

1

DXC atAgartala,Ambassa,udaipur,Amarpur

Birendranagar Ambassa 66.4 BSNL 1Ambassa Gandarchara 53.3 BSNLGandarchara Amarpur 35.5 BSNL 1

AmarpurR.K.pur(Udaipur) 26.3 BSNL 1

R.K.pur(Udaipur) Bisramganj 19.9 BSNLBisramganj Agartala 32.4 BSNL

TSD-2

Udaipur - Amarpur - 26.3 BSNLAmarpur - Karbuk - 28.2 BSNLKarbuk - Rupaichari - 68.2 10 RailTel 1Rupaichari - Satchand - 22.1 RailTel

Satchand -Hrishiyamukh- 40.6 RailTel

Hrishiyamukh - Belonia - 18.4 10 BSNL 1Belonia - Udaipur - 38.7 BSNL

TSD-3 Agartala - Mohanpur - 23 BSNL

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RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)

Provision

Inter-Operator &

coilingetc

OFC

Operator

EquipmentRequired


Aerial OA DXC

(option 1)

Mohanpur - Khowai - 34.1 10 RailTel 1Khowai - Tulashikhar 35.9 10 BSNL 1

Tulashikhar kamalpur - 36 New 2to checkwith RailTel

kamalpur - Kaishahar 27 BSNL

Kailashahar-Dharamnagar- 33 BSNL

Dharamnagar- Kumarghat - 40.2 BSNLKumarghat - Ambassa- 68.7 BSNLAmbassa- Agartala 82.6 BSNL

TOTAL 838.2 36 40 6 4

No. ofDHQs 8No. of DXC 4No. ofOADM 4No. of OA 6

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MizoramThe Mizoram State HQ is Aizawl and it has 8 districts in it. The terrain is hilly and roadconnectivity to district headquarter is only feasible through NH. In many cases, alternate pathsare not available, therefore aerial cable is the only way to ensure redundancy in such locations.

The analysis for Aizawl to district HQ has been done, 4 districts namely Serchhip, Lunglei,Lawngtlai and Saiha are connected with Aizawl in ring and sub – rings formed through Serchhip(MZSD - 1to 4), in which two new sections from (Lawngtlai - Saiha (58km) &Sangau -Hnaihthial (62km) i.e total 120 km is proposed.

The other three districts i.e. Champai, Kolasib and Mamit are either partly or fully connected onOFC and to ensure redundancy for these district headquarters aerial fiber is only way becauseof lack of alternate route.The actual requirement of Underground OFC or OPGW orADSS cablecan be assessed only after a detailed field survey.

The new sections suggested to connect these 3 districts in ring with Aizawl are as follows:1) Underground OFC - Aizawl - Lengpui- Mamit, UG OFC (95 km), Aizawl –Champai(100km){BSNL damaged section, reference TRAI report}

2) Aerial OFC Aizawl- Champai (207 km) , Aizawl – Mamit (95km) and Aizawl – Kolasib (80 km).The actual length of aerial fiber may be less and is subject to a site survey. For budgetaryestimation same length as of underground fiber is taken.

The details are given in Table 5 below and the rings are represented in KML 15 to KML 20 atAnnexure 1.

The capacity aspect on these rings are done by equipment planning on 40 lambda, 2.5 GDWDM rings and repeater distance of 40 km is taken on new sections. The methodology isexplained in Section 4.6 Backhaul equipment planning.

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Table 5A: Mizoram State to District OFC Ring

Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Miz

oram

Sta

teto

Dis

tric

t(M

ZSD

Ring

)

1 Aizawl -Tlangnuam-Aibawk -Serchhip -Thingsulthliah- Aizawl

2 Aizawl, Serchhip Option 1 Aizawl -Sechhip ,covered underUSOF NEplanning

BSNL TRAI , USOF NE planning Entire ringexceptChingchip toSerchhip(which was BSNLexisting then)has beenconsidered inNE planningand subsidyprovided.

MZSD-1

2 Lunglei -SouthLunglei -Buarpui -Serchhip -Lunglei

2 Lunglei Serchhip Option 1 USOF NEplanning

RailTel USOF NEPlanning

Ring 2 isconnectingwith Ring 1via Serchhip.This connectsboth Lunglei& Serchhipwith Aizawl inringredundancy.The entirering coveredunder USOF

MZSD-2

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Miz

oram

Sta

teto

Dis

tric

t(M

ZSD

Ring

)

NE planning.

3 Lawngtlai -Diltang S-Chawngte -Lungsen -Lunglei -Tawipui-Lawngtlai

2 Lunglei,Lawngtlai

Option 1 USOF NEplanning

RailTel USOF NE Planning Ring 3 isconnectingwith Ring 1 &Ring 2 viaSerchhip &Lunglei. ThisconnectsLunglei,Serchhip andLawngtlaiwith Aizawl inringredundancy.The entirering coveredunder USOFNE planning.

MZSD-3

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Miz

oram

Sta

teto

Dis

tric

t(M

ZSD

Ring

)

4 Lunglei -Lawngtlai -Saiha - Sangau- Hnaihthial-Lunglei

3 Saiha. Lunglei,Lawngtlai

Option 1 Saiha- Sangauvia Bualpui

RailTel USOFNEPlanning

Lawngtlai- Saiha(58km )& Sangau-Hnaihthial (62km)

120 km MZSD-4

5 Aizawl -Thingsulthliah- Saitual -Kawlkulh -Khawzawl-Champai

1 Champhai Option 1 Aizawl -Thingsulthliah(Coveredunder USOFNE ) - Saitual(ExistingBSNL) -Kawlkulh -Khawzawl -Champai(BSNL Existing& Khawzawl -Kawlkulh inUSOF NEScheme)

BSNL ,RailTel

USOFNETender, TRAI #

Aizawl toChampai

TRAIReport

100km A part of thisis existingBSNL sectionand damagedas per TRAIreport. USOFmay take acall to fundthis sectionor not.

MZSD-5

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Miz

oram

Sta

teto

Dis

tric

t(M

ZSD

Ring

)

Aizawal -Champhai, Aerialfiber.

207 Km Aizawl toChampaiunder groundis covered byBSNL andsomesections arealreadysubsidizedthroughUSOF NETender.Because ofnon-availability ofroads,Redundancyto Champaifrom Aizawlcan only beobtainedthroughAerial Fiber.The distance207 km islinear and for

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Miz

oram

Sta

teto

Dis

tric

t(M

ZSD

Ring

)

ADSS fiber,the actualdistance maybe less.

6 Aizawl -Lengpui-Mamit

1 Mamit Option 1 Aizawl -Lengpui-Mamit,UG OFC

TRAI,USOF NEplanning

95 km No fiberdirectly fromAizawal -Mamitappearsneither ofBSNL nor inUSOF NE .Therefore,bothUndergroundand aerialconnectivityto Mamit isrequired forringredundancy.

MZSD-6

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Miz

oram

Sta

teto

Dis

tric

t(M

ZSD

Ring

)

Aizawl -Lengpui-Mamit,AerialFiber

TRAI,USOF NEplanning

95km

7 Aizawl -Kawnpui -Kolasib

1 Kolasib Option 1 Aizawl -Kawnpui -Kolasib

BSNL TRAI ,USOFNEplanning

Aizawl -Kawnpui- Kolasib,Areialfiber

80 km Aizawl toKolasib isexisting BSNL.ForredundancyADSS alongthe sameroute isplanned.

MZSD-7

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Table 5B: Mizoram State to District Equipment Planning

RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

Equipment Required


Aerial OA DXC

MZSD 1

Aizawl - Tlangnuam- 5.2 RailTel 1

Tlangnuam- Aibawk - 25 RailTelAibawk - Serchhip - 73.7 RailTelSerchhip - Chhingchhip 28.1 10 BSNL 1

ChhingchhipThingsulthliah 34.7 BSNL

Thingsulthliah Aizawl 43.7 BSNL

MZSD 2

Lunglei -SouthLungdai 44.2 RailTel 1

SouthLungdai Buarpui - 36.2 RailTelBuarpui - Serchhip - 64.7 RailTel 1Serchhip - TuiChang 29.5 RailTel, BSNLTuiChang Lunglei 129 RailTel, BSNL

MZSD 3

Lawngtlai - Diltang S 58.2 RailTel 1

Diltang S Chawngte 30.3 RailTelChawngte Lungsen - 101 RailTelLungsen - Lunglei - 61.2 RailTelLunglei - Tawipui- 50.2 RailTel

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RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

Equipment Required


Aerial OA DXC

Tawipui- Lawngtlai 32.5 RailTel

MZSD 4

Lunglei - Lawngtlai - 82.7 RailTelLawngtlai - Saiha - 58 10 New 1Saiha - Sangau - 82.4 RailTelSangau - Hnaihthial- 62 10 New 3

Hnaihthial- Lunglei 68.5 RailTel

MZSD 5

Aizawl -Thingsulthliah 43.4 BSNL, RailTel

100 kmBSNLOFC

damaged

Thingsulthliah Saitual -

BSNLdamaged

Saitual - Kawlkulh - 100BSNLdamaged 4

Kawlkulh - Khawzawl- 34.9 BSNL, RailTelKhawzawl- Champai 41.3 BSNL

Champai Aizawl - 207

to be laid onaerial, 207 isroaddistancebetween thenodes New Aerial

4

MZSD 6Aizawl - Lengpui- 35 10 u New 1Lengpui- Mamit 60 10 u New 1Mamit Aizawl - 95.0 a New Aerial 2

MZSD 7 Aizawl - Kawnpui - 55 u BSNL

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RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

Equipment Required


Aerial OA DXC

Kawnpui - Kolasib 25 u BSNLKolasib Aizawl - 80.0 a New Aerial 1

1280.6 697.0 50.0 18 4No. of DHQs 8No. of DXC 4 DXC at Aizawl, Serchipp, Lunglei, lawngtlaiNo. of OADM 4No. of OA 18

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ManipurThere are 9 districts in Manipur state with Imphal as its State Headquarter, which isfurther divided into Imphal East and Imphal West. There are three rings planned inManipur to provide state to district connectivity. The details of rings along with map aregiven in Table 6 below.

In the 1st ring covering Ukhrul, Imphal East & West, Senapati and Tamenglong, it is seenthat BSNL ‘s fiber is existing and the gap from Tamenglong to Imphal West via Noney isalso partly covered under USOF NE scheme. The section where new fiber will berequired is from Nongpoh (Tamei Road) – Patsoi (113 km)

In the second ring which covers Bishnupur, Churanchandrapur, Thoubal, the fiber iseither existing BSNL route or partly subsidized in planning of USOF NE, only the sectionof new fiber identified is from Sangaikot – Langching (7.7 km).

The Chandel district has linear connectivity on road, and while planning the District tosub-district scheme for USOF in Manipur, BSNL existing network in Chandel wasconsidered. The fiber route from Chapikarong – Chandel is identified as new fiberrequired and already subsidized in USOF NE planning.

The respective maps are given in KML 21 to KML 23.

The capacity aspect on these rings are done by equipment planning on 40 lambda, 2.5 GDWDM rings and repeater distance of 40 km is taken on new sections. The methodologyis explained in Section 4.6 Backhaul equipment planning.

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Table 6A: Manipur State to District OFC ring

S.N

o

Ring

No.

of

dist

rict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sect

ions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Man

ipur

Stat

e to

Dist

rict

(MSD

Rin

g)

1 Imphal East- Ukhrul -Tadubi -Senapati -Tamenglong - ImphalWest - East

5 ImphalEast,Ukhrul,Senapati,Tamenglong,ImphalWest

Option1

Imphal East -Ukhrul - Tadubi -Senapati -Tamenglong

BSNL TRAI Nongpoh(TameiRoad) -Patsoi

113km

MASD-1

Tamenglong -Nongpoh (Tameiroad)


Patsoi - ImphalWest - ImphalEast


2 ImphalWest -Bishnupur-churanchandrapur -Sangaikot -Langching -Kakching -Thoubal -Imphal East- ImphalWest

3 Bishnupur,Thoubal,Churachandrapur

Option1 Imphal West -Bishnupur-Churanchandrapur

BSNL TRAI Sangaikot -Langching

7.7km

MASD-2

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S.N

o

Ring

No.

of

dist

rict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sect

ions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Man

ipur

Stat

e to

Dist

rict

(MSD

Rin

g)

Churanchandrapur - Sangaikot


Langching -Kakching


Kakching -Thoubal -ImphalEast - ImphalWest

BSNL TRAI

3 Chandel -Khongjoy -Palel -kakching -Chapikarong – Chandel

1 Chandel Option1 Chandel -Khongjoy -Palel- kakching -Chapikarong

BSNL USOF NEPlanning

MASD-3

Chapikarong -Chandel


Fiber cost issubsidized onthis route inUSOF NEplanning,however no roadappears directlyfromChapikarong -Chandel.Microwaveconnectivity maybe possible.

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TABLE 6B: Manipur State To District Equipment Planning

Manipur State to District Ring

Ring No. From To

OFC Distance(KM)

ProvisionInter-

Operator &coiling etc

OFCOperator

EquipmentRequired


Aerial OA DXC

MASD 1

Imphal East - Ukhrul - 83.1 BSNL 1- Ukhrul - Tadubi - 178 BSNLTadubi - Senapati - 39 BSNLSenapati - Tamenglong 137 BSNLTamenglong Imphal West 51 113 10 u/g BSNL, New 2 Note 1

Imphal West Imphal East 15.4 Railtel

MASD 2

ImphalWest - Bishnupur 23.2 BSNL

Bishnupur churanchandrapur 33.9 BSNLchuranchandrapur Sangaikot - 20.1 10 Railtel 1Sangaikot - Langching - 7.7 10 u/g New 2Langching - Kakching - 29.3 RailtelKakching - Thoubal - 25.3 10 BSNL 1Thoubal - Imphal East 28.3 BSNLImphal East Imphal West 15.5 BSNL

MASD 3 Chandel - Khongjoy - 98.4 BSNLKhongjoy - Palel - 44.9 BSNLPalel - kakching - 7.8 BSNLkakching - Chapikarong 42.3 BSNLChapikarong Chandel 104 10 Railtel 1

Total 976.5 120.7 50 0 7 1Note 1

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No. of DHQs 9No. of DXC 1 DXC at Imphal WestNo. of OADM 8No. of OA 7

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NagalandThe Nagaland State has 11 districts with state headquarter at Dimapur. BSNL‘s fiber isreaching all the districts as appears from the NIC database and TRAI report referred. Therings are planned to provide route diversity to all the districts with state headquarter atDimapur. In the four rings planned as shown in table 7 below, there are two sections wherenew fiber is required are as Zunheboto – Akuloto (30 km)– BSNL damaged section as perTRAI report and Mon to Longleng (84 km). Peren district is already linearly connected withDimapur as per NIC data; however it is also covered in USOF NE planning where it is SDHQ ofKohima and a ring is planned through it. As per Google earth no direct road connectivity isappearing but as fiber km is subsidized and so the selected operator for NE i.e. RailTel shallprovide connectivity on alternate media i.e. fiber or microwave.

The respective rings are given as KML 24 to KML 26 in Annexure 1.

The capacity aspect on these rings are done by equipment planning on 40 lambda, 2.5 GDWDM rings and repeater distance of 40 km is taken on new sections. The methodology isexplained in Section 4.6 Backhaul equipment planning.

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Table 7A: Nagaland State to District OFC Rings

Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of

dist

rict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sect

ions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Nag

alan

dSt

ate

toDi

stric

t (TS

DRi

ng)

1 Dimapur -Kohima -Phek -Kipphire -Tuesang -Longleng -Mokochung- Wokha-Niuland -Dimpaur

8 Dimapur,Kohima,Phek,Kipphire,Longleng,Tuesang,Mokochung, Wokha-

Option 1 Entire ring BSNL&RailTel

TRAI,NIC,USOFNEPlanning

The Kipphire toTuisang section isseen existing in NICdata on BSNL and itis also partlysubsidized in USOFNE scheme. TheTuesang to Longlengto Mokochung isalso subsidized inUSOF NE Scheme.

NSD-1

2 Dimapur -Kohima-Zunehoboto-Mokochung- Wokha -Niuland -Dimapur

5 Dimapur,Kohima,Zunehoboto,Mokochung,wokha

Option 2 Dimapur -Kohima-Zunehoboto &Akuloto -Mokochung - Wokha -Niuland -Dimapur

BSNL TRAI,NIC,USOFNEPlannig

Zunehoboto - Akuloto

Google map

30km

The Zunehoto -Akuloto sectionexists as per USOFNE planning databut as per TRAIreport (NagalandMap) & NIC thissection is damagedand not existing.

NSD-2

3 Dimapur -Kohima-Wokha-Mokochung- Longleng -

4 Kohima,Wokha,Mokochung,Longleng,Mon

Option 3 Dimapur -Kohima-Wokha-Mokochung -

BSNL &RailTel

TRAI,NIC,USOFNEPlannin

Longlengto Mon

Google map

84km

Mon to Sonari isalready subsidizedin Mon planning inNE scheme. Rest isexisting on BSNL

NSD-3

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of

dist

rict

Nam

e of

Dist

ricts

Rout

eRe

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sect

ions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Nag

alan

dSt

ate

toDi

stric

t (TS

DRi

ng)

Mon-Sonari-Mariani-Golgahat-Dimapur

Longleng &Mon-Gorgaon -Sonari-Golgahat-Dimapur

g

4 Kohima -Sechu -Jalukie _Athibung -Nsong _Tening -Peren - Pedi- New Galli -Ngwalwa -Kohima

2 Kohima,Peren

Option 1 Dimapur -Peren

BSNL NIC This ring is plannedin USOF NE schemeto connect KohimaSDHQs. And so fiberis subsidized.However if roadconnectivity is notpossible then theoperator will haveto go for aerial fiberor microwave. Ineither way, PerenDHQ will getconnected withKohima and providea redundant path.

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TABLE 7B: Nagaland State to District Equipment Planning

RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

Equipment Required


Aerial OA DXC

NSD 1

Dimapur - Kohima - 73.7 BSNL 1 DXC at DimapurKohima - Phek - 119 BSNLPhek - Kipphire - 138 BSNLKipphire - Tuesang - 125 BSNLTuesang - Longleng - 77.1 10 RailTel 1

Longleng -Mokochung - 95.7 RailTel

Mokochung - Wokha- 68.2 10 BSNL 1Wokha- Niuland - 112 BSNLNiuland - Dimpaur 30.2 BSNL

NSD 2

Dimapur - Kohima- 73.7 BSNL 1 DXC at Kohima

Kohima-Zunehoboto - 142 BSNL

Zunehoboto-

Mokochung - 33 30 u/g

BSNLdamaged

Mokochung - Wokha - 68.2 BSNLWokha - Niuland - 112 BSNLNiuland - Dimapur 30.2 BSNL

NSD 3

Dimapur - Kohima- 73.7 BSNLKohima- Wokha- 75.9 BSNL

Wokha-Mokochung - 68.2 BSNL 1 DXC at

Mokochng

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RingNo. From To

OFC Distance(Km)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

Equipment Required


Aerial OA DXC

Mokochung - Longleng - 95.7 BSNL 1 DXC at LonglengLongleng - Mon- 84 10 u/g New 1Mon- Sonari- 52.4 RailTelSonari- Mariani- 105 10 BSNL 1Mariani- Golgahat- 51.8 BSNLGolgahat- Dimapur 83.8 BSNL

NSD 4

Kohima - Sechu - RailTelSechu - jalukie _ RailTeljalukie _ Athibung - RailTelAthibung - Nsong _ RailTelNsong _ Tening - RailTelTening - Peren - RailTelPeren - Pedi - RailTelPedi - New Galli - RailTel

New Galli - Ngwalwa - RailTelNgwalwa - Kohima RailTel

Total 1904.5 114 40 4 4No. of DHQs 11No. of DXC 4 DXC at Dimapur, Kohima, Longleng, MokochengNo. of OADM 7No. of OA 4

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Arunachal PradeshThe Arunachal Pradesh State has 16 districts, with Itanagar as its capital. It has got difficultterrain not all the districts can be planned in ring to have redundant routes. As ArunachalPradesh has difficult terrain, laying of OFC may not be afeasible option. Therefore option forlaying aerial OFC either on OPGW orADSS based technology has to be explored. The actualrequirement of Underground OFC or OPGW orADSS cable can be assessed only after adetailed field survey.

There are 6 districts which have to be connected on linear path on fiber and routeredundancy on fiber can only be obtained by laying aerial & u/g fiber both on the sameroad. These districts are Anini, Hawai, Yingkhiong, Koloriang, Bomdila & Tawang, some ofthese are already considered in USOF NE planning and so fiber is subsidized under USOF NEscheme. In the remaining new sections required are: Along – Yingkiong (220 km. – u/g &aerial) and Dirang –Jang (107 km)

The rest of the districts are planned with Itanagar to Tezpur ring via Assam and a sub-ringaround Tinsukia to cover Changleng & Khonsa DHQs. The details of rings are given in table 8below.

New Sections required as analyzed using TRAI map, NIC and USOF NE & Assam Schemesring-wise are:

Ring for Itanagar, Ziro, Daporijo, Along, Pasghat, Roing, Tezu has following new sectionsas Along – Pangin (75 km), Pasighat - Dambuk (58 km)& Tezu - Parsuram Kund (45 km)

Ring for Changlang & Khonsa DHQs has new sections as: Margherita - Namtok (19 km),Chnaglong - Khonsa (117 km) and Khonsa- Deomali (46 km) .

Ring for Seppa DHQs has new sections as : Nirjuli - Pakke keshang (102 km) , Seppa _Bhalukpong (T point) (125 km), Bhalukpong – Chariduar (31km)

The capacity aspect on these rings are done by equipment planning on 40 lambda, 2.5 GDWDM rings as per the methodology explained in previous chapter under “Backhaulequipment planning”.

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Table 8A: Arunachal Pradesh State to District OFC Rings

Arunachal Pradesh State to District Ring Analysis

Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dis

tric

ts

Rout

e Re

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Arun

acha

lSta

te to

Dist

rict (

TSD

Ring

)

1 Itanagar - Ziro -Daporijo - Along -pasighat - roing -Tezu - Tinsukia -Dibrugarh - Jorhat -Tezpur - Itanagar

7 Itanagar, Ziro,Daporij,Along,Pasigha,Roing,Tezu

option1

Along -Pangin

75 km Pasight-Pangin covered inUSOF NE

ARSD -1

Pasighat -Dambuk

58 km Dambuk - Roing covered inUSOF NE

Tezu -ParsuramKund

45 km Parsuram Kund - Namsaiexisting

2 Itanagar - Ziro -Daporijo - Along -pasighat-Jonai -Dhemaji - Northlakhimpur - Nirjuli -Itanagar

5 Itanagar,Ziro,Daporijo,Along,Pasighat

Opt 2 Along -Pangin

coveredabove

ARSD-2

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dis

tric

ts

Rout

e Re

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Arun

acha

lSta

te to

Dist

rict (

TSD

Ring

)

3 Tinsukia- Margherita- Namtok -Changlang - Khonsa- Deomali -Naharkatia -Tinsukia

2 Changlang ,Khonsa

Opt 1 Margherita -Namtok

19 km Tinsukia - Margherita coveredin Assam and existing and thesection Changlang to Namtokis subsidized in USOF NEscheme, Namtok is SDHQ ofChanglang

ARSD-3

Chnaglong -Khonsa

117 km

Khonsa-Deomali

46km Tinsukia - Naharkatia-Deomaliexists on BSNL.

4 Roing to Anini 1 Anini Opt 1 RoingtoAnini

RailTel

USOFNEscheme

Roing toAnini

TRAIReport

204km. Assuming Railtel will lay fiberundreground under USF NE,Aerial fiber is suggested as analternat epath (aerial fiber kmis subject to field survey)

ARSD- 4

5 Tezu - Hawai 1 Hawai Opt 1 Tezu-Hawai

RailTel

USOFNEscheme

Tezu -Hawai

TRAIReport

161km. Assuming Railtel will lay fiberundreground under USF NE,Aerial fiber is suggested as analternat epath (aerial fiber km

ARSD- 4

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dis

tric

ts

Rout

e Re

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Arun

acha

lSta

te to

Dist

rict (

TSD

Ring

)

is subject to field survey)

6 Along - Yingkiong 1 Yingkiong

Opt 1 Along -Yingkiong

Googleearth

110 km. ARSD- 4

Along -Yingkiong

TRAIReport

110 km. Because of single road isthere both U/g & aerial issuggested. Aerial length issubject to field survey.

7 Ziro - Koloriang 1 Koloriang

Opt 1 Ziro -Koloriang

RailTel

USOFNEscheme

Subsidized in USF NE Schemein Lower Subansiri District.

ARSD- 4

Ziro -Koloriang

TRAIReport

164 km. Assuming Railtel will lay fiberundreground under USF NE,Aerial fiber is suggested as analternat epath (aerial fiber kmis subject to field survey)

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dis

tric

ts

Rout

e Re

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Arun

acha

lSta

te to

Dist

rict (

TSD

Ring

)

8 Itanagar - Nirjuli -Pakkekeshang -Seppa - Bhalukpong- Chariduar - Tezpur-Itanagar

1 Seppa Opt 1 Itanagar -Nirjuli

BSNL

TRAI Nirjuli -Pakkekeshang

102 km ARSD – 5

Pakkekeshang -Seppa

RailTel

USOFNEscheme

Seppa _Bhalukpong(T point)

125 km

Chariduar-Tezpur -Itanagar

BSNL

TRAI,USOFAssam

Bhalukpong– Chariduar

31km

9 Bhalukpong -Bomdila- Dirang -Jang -Tawang

2 Bomdila,Tawang

option1

Chariduar -Bhalukpong

coveredabove

ARSD – 5

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Ring

No.

Ring

No.

of d

istr

ict

Nam

e of

Dis

tric

ts

Rout

e Re

dund

ancy

Exis

ting

Sect

ion

Ope

rato

r

Refe

renc

e

New

Sec

tions

Refe

renc

e

Leng

th

Rem

arks

Arun

acha

lSta

te to

Dist

rict (

TSD

Ring

)

Bhalukpong -Bomdila-Dirang

RailTel

USOFNEScheme

Dirang -Jang 107 km

Jang -Tawang

RailTel

USOFNEScheme

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TABLE 8B:Arunachal Pradesh State to District Equipment Planning

RingNo. From To

ExistingOFC

Distance(KM)

NewOFC(KM)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

EquipmentRequired

RemarksU/g orAerial OA DXC

ARSD 1

Itanagar Ziro

112

BSNL 1

DXC at Itanagar,Bhalukpong, Along,Passighat, Tezpur andTinsukia

Ziro Daporijo - 159 BSNLDaporijo - Along - 147 BSNL 1

Along - Panign

75 10 U/g

New 2

Along -Panign (new75km.) & Panign -Pasighat (covered inUSF NE

Panign pasighat - 19.5 RailTel

pasighat - Dambuk

58 10 U/g

New 2

Pasighat - Dambuk(New 58 km.),Dambuk - Roing(coverd in USF NE)

Dambuk roing - 24.6 RailTelroing - Tezu - 68.2 10 BSNL 1

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RingNo. From To

ExistingOFC

Distance(KM)

NewOFC(KM)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

EquipmentRequired


Tezu -ParsuramKund

45 10 U/g

New 2

Tezu -Parsuram Kund(New 45 km.) &Parsuram Kund -Namsai-Tinsukia viaDumDuma (BSNLExisting)

ParsuramKund Tinsukia - 64 BSNL 1Tinsukia - Dibrugarh - 83.5 BSNLDibrugarh - Jorhat 139 BSNLJorhat tezpur 167 BSNL 1tezpur Itanagar 166 BSNL

ARSD 2

Itanagar - Ziro 112 BSNLZiro Daporijo - 159 BSNLDaporijo - Along - 147 BSNL

Along - pasighat- 94.5 New,RailTel 1

pasighat- Jonai 35.9 BSNLJonai Dhemaji - 101 BSNL

Dhemaji -Northlakhimpur 195 BSNL

Northlakhimpur - Nirjuli - 41.3 BSNL

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RingNo. From To

ExistingOFC

Distance(KM)

NewOFC(KM)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

EquipmentRequired


Nirjuli - Itanagar 21.2 BSNL

ARSD 3

Tinsukia- Margherita - 63.3 BSNL 1Margherita - Namtok - 19 10 U/g New 1Namtok - Changlang - 26.8 RailtelChanglang - Khonsa - 117 10 U/g New 2Khonsa - Deomali - 46 10 U/g New 1Deomali - Naharkatia - 21.2 BSNLNaharkatia - Tinsukia 70.4 BSNL

ARSD 4 Roing Anini 204 204 Aerial RailTel,New 4 Note 1

ARSD 4 Tezu - Hawai 161 161 Aerial RailTel,New 3 Note 1

ARSD 4 Along - Yingkiong 220 U/G andaerial New 5 Note 2

ARSD 4 Ziro - Koloriang 164 164 Aerial RailTel,New 3 Note 1

ARSD 5

Itanagar - Nirjuli - 21.2 BSNL 1 Note 1

Nirjuli -Pakkekeshang 102 10 U/G New 3

Pakkekeshang Seppa - 91.5 U/g Railtel

Seppa -Bhalukpong- 125 10 U/g New 3 1

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RingNo. From To

ExistingOFC

Distance(KM)

NewOFC(KM)


r &coiling

etc

OFC

Operator

EquipmentRequired


Bhalukpong- Chariduar - 31 10 U/g New 1Chariduar - Tezpur - 26.5 BSNLTezpur - Itanagar 163 BSNL

ARSD 5

Bhalukpong- Bomdila- 98.3 RailtelBomdila- Dirang - 33.6 Railtel 1

Dirang - Jang - 107 10 U/g New 3OA(2 in new & 1 atjang)

Jang - Tawang 96 RailtelTotal 3297.5 1474 110 39 6

Note 1

Note 2No. of DHQs 16No. of DXC 6No. of OADM 10No. of OA 39

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SikkimThe Sikkim state has 4 districts viz. North, South, East and West Sikkim withheadquarters at Mangan, Namchi, Gangtok & Geyzing respectively. Gangtok is the statecapital. The updated data of underground fiber in Sikkim is not readily available. As perTRAI report, the new fiber required is between Mangan to Geyshing (115km) and thering is formed connecting all the four districts Gangtok – Namchi – Geyshing – Mangan –Gangtok. The same is considered for CAPEX estimation here.

The equipment planning capacity is done for the ring above with one DXC proposed atGangtok, 3 Optical Add Drop Multiplexers (OADMs) at the rest of three headquarters,and 2 (Optical Amplifiers) OAs at the new fiber route (repeater distance 40 km. taken ).

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Sikkim State to District Ring

Ring No. From To ExistingOFC

NewOFC(km)

ProvisionInter-

Operator& coiling

etc

OFC

Operator Reference

EquipmentRequired


SSD 1

Gangtok Mangan 64 BSNLTRAIReport 1

Mangan Geyzing 115 10 U/g NewTRAIReport 2

Geyzing Namchi 60 BSNLTRAIReport

Namchi Gangtok 76 BSNLTRAIReport

200 115 10 Total 2 1

No. of DHQs 4No. of DXC 1 DXC at GangtokNo. of OADM 3No. of OA 2

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Details of Operator Fiber km. –Existing & New

S.No. State

No.ofdistric

ts

New Fiber (km.) Existing Operator Fiber (km.)

TotalFiber(km.)u/g

BSNLDamaged Aerial BSNL

RailTelExisting

RailTelFiber(to belaidunderUSFNE)

PGCIL

1 Assam 27 158 703533.

6 39 - - 3800.6

2 Meghalaya 11 123 01787.

5 - 127 95.8 2133.33 Mizoram 8 265 100 382 306.1 - 974.1 - 2027.24 Tripura 8 76 0 673.2 - 165 - 914.25 Manipur 9 170.7 0 807.7 - 168.8 - 1147.2

6 Nagaland 11 124 30 01679.

3 - 225.2 - 2058.5

7 Arunachal 16 945 6392283.

7 - 1013.8 - 4881.58 Sikkim 4 125 0 200 - - - 325

Total 94 1986.7 130 1091 5950 0 2673.9 95.8 11,927

Recommendation for North East - State To District Ring ConnectivityThe analysis of state to district rings in the six NE state and Sikkim shows that mostly fiberexists on BSNL and the rest of the sections are already funded in the USOF NE project. Somekey sections are also available on PGCIL OPGW network as given in tables above. The fiberfunded under USOF NE project is however subject to rollout completion by RailTel. Toprovide the bandwidth availability at nominal rates for state to district ring connectivity insubsidy may be provided and one of the following approach may be taken:

The existing dominant operators BSNL,RailTel and PGCIL are provided additional subsidyon their existing sections and for new fiber and mandate the bandwidth lease at lowertariff. The incumbent operators may sign an agreement among themselves so as makeuse of the existing fiber of each other (fiber swapping / bandwidth swaping).

The factor of lease on entire existing fiber on IRU basis may be taken and including thenew fiber laying cost while calculating the subsidy and provided through tender to anyoperator who provides bandwidth from state to district at reduced tariff as prescribed inthe tender. This will ensure a level playing field for all operators.

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4.10 CAPITAL EXPENDITURENorth East region has generally tough terrain and subject to problems of landslidefiber cut, and some remote places are naxal and insurgency prone area. Thereforeoption for laying aerial OFC either on OPGW or ADSS based technology has to beexplored. Though per KM cost for OPGW cable is Rs 3 lakh, ADSS cable is Rs 5 lakhand underground OFC rate varies from section to section depending on soil (rocky,soft & hard) in NER, however, for budgetary investment requirement an average costof Rs 8 lakh per KM is taken. It does not include RoW, as it varies from state to state.

The estimated cost in the table below is the new fiber required to complete physicalrings required between state to state and state to district less the existing fiberavailable as per NIC and TRAI report and the sections where subsidy is alreadyprovided through USOF Assam & NE schemes for District to Sub district connectivity.The actual requirement of Underground OFC or OPGW or ADSS cable can beassessed only after a detailed field survey.

Sl. No. State No. ofDistricts

New OFC (km.) OFC Cost (RS)

Total Cost (Rs)U/g BSNL

Damaged aerial u/g aerial

1 Assam 27 158 70 12.64 5.60 18.24

2 Meghalaya 11 123 0 9.84 0.00 9.84

3 Mizoram 8 265 100 382 29.20 30.56 59.76

4 Tripura 8 76 0 6.08 0.00 6.08

5 Manipur 9 171 0 13.66 0.00 13.66

6 Nagaland 11 124 30 0 12.32 0.00 12.32

7 Arunachal 16 945 639 75.60 51.12 126.72

8 Sikkim 4 125 0 10.00 0.00 10.00

Total 94 1987 130 1091 169.34 87.28 256.62

Note: The OFC laying cost Rs. 8 lakhs per km taken is a budgetary cost. Although thesupply cost of 24F OFC is approximately Rs. 48,000 per km but the commissioningcost varies depending on the terrain and ROW. Hence due to difficult terrain thesupply plus commissioning cost of OFC is taken as Rs. 8 lakhs per km excluding RoWcharges. The above cost includes all taxes and duties except Octroi and local taxes.

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Equipment Summary

Sl. No. State


Total Cost(Rs)

Total Cost(in Rs

Crores)OA OADM DXC OA OADM DXC

1 Assam 5 24 3 2,500,000 36,000,000 30,000,000 68,500,000 6.85

2 Meghalaya 7 10 1 3,500,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 28,500,000 2.85

3 Mizoram 18 4 4 9,000,000 6,000,000 40,000,000 55,000,000 5.50

4 Tripura 6 7 1 3,000,000 6,000,000 40,000,000 49,000,000 4.90

5 Manipur 7 8 1 3,500,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 25,500,000 2.55

6 Nagaland 4 7 4 2,000,000 10,500,000 40,000,000 52,500,000 5.25

7 Arunachal 39 10 6 19,500,000 15,000,000 60,000,000 94,500,000 9.45

8 Sikkim 2 3 1 1,000,000 4,500,000 10,000,000 15,500,000 1.55

Total 88 73 21 44,000,000 109,500,000 210,000,000 363,500,000 38.90

Unit Costs In RsOA 500,000

OADM 1,500,000DXC 10,000,000

Notes:

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For OADM cost, it is assumed that 40 lambda ROADM costs around $ 11000 i.e. approx 7 lakh plus for dropping/adding 2 lambdas, 4 transponders are required.The cost of each transponder is approx 1.5 lakh. Hence we assume a total cost of 15 lakh for 1 OADM for budgetary purpose. Actual cost shall be arrivedthrough tender process. Optical Amplifier shall wok as a regenerator and it is deployed at stations where distance between two OADMs has exceeded 40 Km.The budgetary cost is taken as 5 lakh per OA. Digital Cross Connect (DXC) is assumed to be of 40 lambda capacity. The functionality includes OADM and Interdistrict ring traffic routing. Cost is taken as Rs 1 Crore per DXC as budgetary estimate. All the above costs are inclusive of taxes and duties except Octroi andlocal taxes.

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4.11 OPERATING EXPENDITURESuccessful telecom business is very much about keeping operation and maintenancecosts low. Depending on network design, the maintenance and operations can bemore complex, more labor intensive, more prone to human mistakes and thereforemore costly.

With the robust growth of SDH worldwide, many O&M issues have arisen. Inparticular, commissioning and maintenance of equipment is a critical issue.Maintenance involves routine maintenance and fault locating.

4. 11.1 Operating Expenses

The operating costs depend upon the organization structure and the nature of workcarried out. The operation and maintenance has been organized under two mainheads namely Establishment & Manpower. The establishment head includes thebelow listed items:

o Office Rent/ Lease.o Electricityo Securityo General Maintenance, Water Charges, cleaning, Miscellaneous, Staff Welfare

etc.o Telephone, Fax, Internet, Conferencingo Bandwidth costs for Office Operation incl. NOCo Stationary , postage etco Vehicle

4.11.2 O&M manpower

O&M teams and their functions

The O&M office will administrate number of equipment and OFC maintenanceteams. O&M implies following functions/activities:

Preventive maintenance Breakdown maintenance Configuration/ re-configuration/ upgradation/ expansion Arranging for shipping of defective equipment for repair Arranging to up keep test and measuring equipment, their repair and

calibration Periodic functional and electrical testing as required

The O&M team personnel shall also supervise and carry out acceptance testingin rollout phase. The strategy should be for commercial utilization to begin as

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soon as parts of networks are rolled out. This requires advance planning withindustry, stake-holders, and potential customers and initiate ‘soft launch’ whichmeans running live traffic and services without charging and helps to de-bug theequipment and processes and builds up customer confidence.

OFC team composition

The planning of OFC teams is done on basis of approximately 250 km OFC spreadper maintenance team.

Planning for 4 hour or 6 hour average restoration time in rural areas wouldmean very high cost of operating expenses and about 12 hour typical restorationtime would be economically possible comprising of average 6 to 8 hourtravelling time and 4 hour splicing time subject to weather conditions and otherlogistics. 6 to 8 hour travelling time implies travelling distance of 240 km approx.Therefore Splicing technicians are planned, each supported by two semi-skilledworkmen for cable handling etc. Based on above discussion total personnelproposed are:

Splicer – 1 Workmen – 2

Equipment team composition

The equipment team planning is economically done on basis of 1 team per state.This distance is not too much considering that NOC can also do many control,monitoring and configuration functions.

Each team will be responsible for the assigned state head quarter and the all thedistricts headquarters of the state including the ring configuration.

For routine maintenance at SDH node like battery up keep, attending to powersupply faults, minor intervention in equipment it is proposed to have oneengineer/team.

Based on above the total personnel proposed are:

Dy. M/ A.M. (SDH) – 1 for a state Engineer (Diploma) - 2 Technician

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Eqpt. O&M Cost/ per team

No. Item Unit

Qty. perteamperyear

UnitbudgetaryCost Cost / Year

Team Description:Team for Eqpt. configuration, bandwidth provisioning end-end-end basis for customer traffic,eqpt. O&M procedures, periodical testing, battery + power plant + earth system O&Mprocedures, supporting customer in technical interconnections, maintaining SLA

1 Manpower:1.1 Engineer (1 per team) Manmonth 12 80,000 960,0001.2 Regular Helper Manmonth 12 15,000 180,000

Sub-total 1,140,0002 Vehicle

2.1 New Vehicle net of resale cost (5 yr. period) set 0.2 450,000 90,000

2.2Fuel Liters (diesel) provision for 100 Km per day and 10 Km per liter i.e. 10 liter per dayequivalent to 10x30x12 = 3600 liter Liter 3600 70 252,000

2.3 Maintenance cost provision averaged over a year incl. Spares set 100,0002.4 Driver Manmonth 12 15,000 180,000

Sub-total 622,000

Total O&M cost excluding cost of test instruments) 1,762,000

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ESTIMATED ANNUAL OFC MAINTENANCE COST PER TEAM

No. Item Unit

Qty.perteamperyear

UnitbudgetaryCost Cost / Year

Team Description:Team for OFC preventive and breakdown maintenance regular routepatrolling fully equipped with vehicle, splicing machine, OTDR,consumables, spare joint boxes and interruption cables, FO tool box andother accessories required.

1 Manpower:

1.1 Engineer splicer Manmonth 12 80,000 960,000

1.2 Regular Helper (semi skilled work men) Manmonth 24 15,000 360,0001.3 Casual Labour for route works during maintenance Mandays 100 500 50,000

Sub-total 1,370,0002 Vehicle2.1 New Splicing Vehicle net of resale cost (5 yr. period) set 0.2 500,000 100,000

2.2Fuel Litres (diesel) provision for 150 Km per day and 10 Km per liter i.e. 15litre per day equivalent to 15x30x12 = 5400 liter Liter 5400 70 378,000

2.3 Maintenance cost provision averaged over a year incl. Spares set 100,000

2.4 Driver Manmonth 12 15,000 180,000Sub-total 758,000

3 Tools and instrument3.1 New Splicing machine cost divided over 5 yrs. period set 0.2 500,000 100,0003.2 New OTDR cost divided over 5 yrs. period set 0.2 400,000 80,000

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Recommendation on OPEX

The costs given above for OFC & Equipment maintenance team are per team annual costs. Since the new OFC planned in transmission media issparsely spread and is not on a continuous stretch, a separate team provisioning for maintenance of the same shall be uneconomical. In mostof the cases the dominant operator in a state shall be rolling out the incremental OFC and the existing O&M team and resources shall sufficefor the maintenance of the incremental part. The O&M costs being high in North Eastern States, adequate provisioning of this may beconsidered while calculating thesubsidy component.

However, BSNL and RailTelunder USOF Assam & NE projects have already been allotted subsidy which has considered the high OPEX costs.Therefore this shall cover the state to state & State to district portion also. As same fiber & equipment maintenance team may be used tomaintain the infrastructure.

3.3 Splicing consummable per month set 12 200 2,4003.4 F.O. Tool Box cost divided over 5 yr. period set 0.2 150,000 30,0003.5 Miscellaneous accessories cost divided over 5 yrs. Period set 0.2 5,000 1,000

Sub-total 213,4004 Spares4.1 Spare Joint boxes no. 10 3,000 30,0004.2 OFC (for maintenance work) Km 0 -

Total direct cost per fully equipped team 2,371,400

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5. COVERAGE FOR UNCOVERED NATIONAL HIGHWAYS (NH) OF NORTHEAST STATES OF INDIA

5.1 Introduction:Based on the TRAI Recommendations dated Sep 2013, in this chapter analysis is done forproviding 2G Coverage for uncovered NH of NE states which include Assam, Meghalaya,Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh. The state, Sikkim was alsoconsidered for arriving at the CAPEX for the same.The NH network in the above mentioned states is of 8480 Km in length (Reference Ministryof Development of North Eastern Region; http://www.mdoner.gov.in/content/national-highways). As per data available at NIC it is found that 1272 Km of the Highways has no 2Gcoverage which is 15% of 8480 Km of highway. The NH no. 229 of 1090 Km length inArunachal Pradesh could not be located in the NIC database hence extrapolatedconsidering 3 Km per BTS with the assumption based on 50% area uncovered as per TRAIreport. The state wise detail of uncovered NH is given below in tabular format.

Table: 5.1

S.No. NH State

TotalLength in

Km

UncoveredLength in

KmUncoveredLength in %

No. ofBTS

required1 31 Assam 322 0 0.00 0.002 31-A Sikkim 62 4 6.45 1.003 31-B Assam 19 0 0.00 0.004 31-C Assam 93 0 0.00 0.005 36 Assam 167 36 21.56 6.006 36 Nagaland 3 0 0.00 0.007 37 Assam 680 2 0.29 1.00

8 37ArunachalPradesh 60 0 0.00 0.00

9 37-A Assam 23 0 0.00 0.0010 38 Assam 54 0 0.00 0.0011 39 Assam 115 5 4.35 1.0012 39 Nagaland 110 6 5.45 1.0013 39 Manipur 211 0 0.00 0.0014 40 Meghalaya 216 0 0.00 0.0015 44 Assam 111 0 0.00 0.0016 44 Tripura 335 20 5.97 5.0017 44 Meghalaya 277 6 2.17 2.00

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S.No. NH State

TotalLength in

Km

UncoveredLength in

KmUncoveredLength in %

No. ofBTS

required18 44-A Tripura 65 8 12.31 1.0019 44-A Mizoram 165 16 9.70 2.0020 51 Assam 22 0 0.00 0.0021 51 Meghalaya 127 0 0.00 0.0022 52 Assam 540 5 0.93 1.00


24 52-A Assam 15 0 0.00 0.00

25 52-AArunachalPradesh 42 0 0.00 0.00

26 52-B Assam 31 13 41.94 3.00

27 52-BArunachalPradesh 450 0 0.00 0.00

28 53 Assam 100 0 0.00 0.0029 53 Manipur 220 97 44.09 16.0030 54 Assam 335 70 20.90 11.0031 54 Mizoram 515 22 4.27 4.0032 54-A Mizoram 9 0 0.00 0.0033 54-B Mizoram 27 8 29.63 2.0034 61 Assam 20 0 0.00 0.0035 61 Nagaland 220 62 28.18 10.0036 62 Assam 5 0 0.00 0.0037 62 Meghalaya 190 34 17.89 7.0038 150 Nagaland 36 8 22.22 1.0039 150 Manipur 523 114 21.80 18.0040 150 Mizoram 141 8 5.67 1.0041 151 Assam 14 0 0.00 0.0042 152 Assam 40 0 0.00 0.0043 153 Assam 20 0 0.00 0.00


45 154 Assam 110 0 0.00 0.0046 154 Mizoram 70 20 28.57 3.0047 155 Nagaland 125 111 88.80 17.0048 155 Manipur 5 0 0.00 0.00

49 229ArunachalPradesh 1090 545 50 109

8480 1272 15.00 233

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It is mandated by TRAI that there be complete 2G coverage on the National Highway network ofthe above states in North Eastern region. Bench marking of BTS requirement along with itscapacity and infrastructure cost has been studied and reported below. GSM was taken for studyas the same is wide spread in NE area however the TSPs can use CDMA technology also.

5.2 Assumptions:The assumptions used to arrive at the CAPEX required for providing the NH 2G coverage are asgiven below,

a.) Requirement of BTS are calculated irrespective of any particular operator.b.) Though coverage are to be given on Highways but keeping in mind the topography of

North east area Highways were treated as dense forest and hilly areas where line ofsight is limited to maximum of 3.25 Km on the Highways.

c.) Cost of Land is not considered as it is understood that land will be provided by stategovernment.

5.3 References:The reference documents used are,

a.) TRAI recommendations dated Sep 2013.b.) Report on USOF scheme for uncovered villages and National Highways.c.) The current 2G infra-structure data of various service providers available on NIC GIS

system.d.) Cost Reference: Vendor costs, Ministry of Renewable energy and BSNL tender No

CA/NOW-CM/LWE-BSS/T-445 for setting up of 2G infrastructure.

5.4 Methodology:The GIS data was studied and analyzed and based on design guidelines the numbers of sitewere arrived at.

BSS planning

While planning low power BTS (micro BTS) were consider as power requirement is the keyfactor for areas without grid power. BTS was categorized as per coverage and populationfollowed by antenna height and wattage rating of TRX. Limitation of DOT for maximumradiation of 43 dBm was taken care and thus distance was limited to 3.25 KM (each side) atmaximum in the topography of North East was the main constraint for small distance coverage.For radio propagation calculation Okumura-Hata model (GM 900MHz) of dense forest andinside the vehicle signal strength was considered. Other parameters were taken as standardsfollowed for link budget calculation. In cases where backhaul on microwave is required, to get

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Line of sight (LOS) the tower location need to be shifted away from the target population. Theminimum TRX power of 5 Watt is taken in such cases as against the ideal need of 2Watt TRXpower, so as to cover the village even from a distance. The actual survey shall decide the TRXpower and where ever possible TRX power radiation may be reduced below 5 watt so as toavoid unnecessary radio radiation. For all types of BTS, nos. of TRX was calculated keepingGPRS/EDGE provision of at least 128 Kbps. Below given are the BTS categories with respect toAntenna height and TRX watt rating. For deriving required TRX value for a particular sitefollowing are assumed.

1. GoS (Grade of Service) = 2%.2. Call rate= 100 calls per hour in TCBH.3. Erlang required= average of 25 milli Erlang per call.4. Erlang table B used for channel calculation.

Table-5.2

S. No. BTS Type

Define

No. of TRX TRX Watt-

Rounded off

Coverage in km Km for

Antenna- 30 meter

1 A 2 5 2

2 B 2 10 3.25

Note: The above categories are derived using Okumura-Hata radio propagation model for900MHz GSM considering Dense forest, considering actual design criteria.

For BSC planning micro BSC’s ware considered for lesser power requirement and portable size.Such BSC’s have upto 50 TRX capacity and can be easily commissioned at remote sites like NEarea. Cost of BSC along with its power requirement have been build up on BTS cost on per TRXbasis. Similarly cost of OMC-R is also build upon BTS cost. There is no need for a separate NOCto be established.

Table-5.3

S. No. BTS Type Numbers of BTS Numbers of BSC (50 TRXcapacity)

1 A 144 6

2 B 89 4

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Antenna requirement are to be decided after site finalization. Hence in all the above BTS typesantenna may be Omni, Directional or Sectorial type depending on the tower location. Suchdesign can be implemented by using splitters as required. Site survey along with feasibilitystudy will decide the exact tower location which in return will decide the actual antenna heightand required TRX radiation power. Issues like land acquisition, statutory permissions, views ofinhabitants will also influence for site location feasibility study.

Back haul channelBack haul channel requirements have also been shown in analysis result. As TRX requirement islimited to 4 nos. at a site, hence dedicated E1 connectivity is not recommended for a single site.Moreover on highways E1 is available in plenty hence connectivity of BTS with nearby BSC willnot be a problem. Also it is found that absence of any operator’s 2G services is not more than a25Km in a single stretch. Hence only the last mile optical cable laying may be required. Thus incost estimate we have taken cost of one splicing point and 1 KM of optical cable laying, so as toreach the nearest POP.

Power calculation

Power calculation was made based on Battery (with 3 days autonomy), Solar and DieselGenerator set. Use of Renewable Energy Technology (RET) Solar is taken as mandatory at alllocations. In India the annual global solar radiation is about 5 KWh/ sqm per day with about2300-3200 sun-shine hours per year. Solar radiations represent the earth’s most abundantenergy source. The perennial source of solar energy provides unlimited supply, has no negativeimpact on the environment. The solar photovoltaic (PV) modules convert solar radiation fromthe sun into electrical energy in the form of direct current (DC). Converting solar energy intoelectricity is the answer to the mounting power problems in the rural areas especially forremote areas of North East region of India. Solar Photovoltaic Cells (SPV) system gives qualitypower out-put of 48 volt DC to charge directly the storage battery or provide direct power totelecom installations. BTS will be powered through battery and the charging of the battery willbe made with a combination of both Solar and DG set, solar being the first preference. It isrecommended to use Tubular GEL VRLA batteries as they provide better performance under thepartial state of charge having slow rate of discharge performance ideally suits rural applications.

To make auto switching and load shearing cost of Charge Control Unit (CCU) with inbuilt SMPSRectifier, Solar Junction Box, Remote Monitoring and cable cost (both AC/DC) were taken.

Below table shows power requirement based on BTS types:

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Table: 5.4 Power Requirements Based On BTS Types

S.No. BTS Type TRX Power

rattingBTS

Wattage

Battery-Single unit

Solarpower-

Single Unit

DG Set-Single Unit

AH Watt KVA

1 A 5 150 417 1333 0.69

2 B 10 200 521 1667 0.87

Infrastructure

Under infrastructure category Tower are all considered to be Mast/ Pole tower of 30 meters.For hilly area of North East region erection of angular tower are time consuming and difficultjob. In most of the cases the effective tower height will depend on the tower construction sitealtitude with respect to the target area to be covered. For costing purpose angular tower wasconsider in comparison to tubular tower as the same is more rigid and suitable for hilly areas.It’s recommended that tower design should be based on TEC GRs or as per design approvedfrom an organization like Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC)/ TEC/ IITs for structuralfitness, safety, load bearing capacity, ability to withstand wind speed etc. along with antennacost, cost of shelter along with fencing cost was consider for calculation of overallinfrastructure cost.

Other cost like transportation, Commissioning and Installation cost was also included in theCAPEX estimation.

System configuration

The system uses centralized power plant, battery bank, SPV and diesel generator set. All theseare centrally controlled by a Charge Control Unit (CCU) for optimal powering utilization ofsystems and charging of the battery bank. The CCU ensures smooth operation of the overallpowering arrangement without any manual intervention. Its design will ensure optimal energytransfer from the SPV system using MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) technique andautomatic switching on/off of DG set on the basis of battery charge condition. For designpurpose, Depth of Discharge (DoD) for the battery is taken as 80% of its capacity and the DG setis consider to trigger only when battery is discharged below 40% of its capacity. Suchcombination will make optimum uses of diesel and hence cost saving along with lower level ofpollution is taken care off.

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A schematic diagram of system design:

5.5 BTS Cost DetailsBellow given cost components per site. The components are divided in to five category.

1. BTS with antenna, feeder cable and BSC with OMC-R2. Power Battery (3 days Autonomy) Solar (6 hrs. sunshine) Diesel Generator

3. Tower (30 meter)4. Backhaul (OFC)5. Miscellaneous Items like Transportation, Site preparation, Installation etc

Table: 5.5 Cost Break Up

Description Cost in INR Cost in INRBTS conf. 2 of 5 watt 2 of 10 wattBTS Category A B

BTS with Antenna along with BSC & OMC-R 350,000 455,000

GEN

BATTERY BANK

CCU

BTS

SolarPhotoVoltaic(SPV)

Module

SMPS

Solar

Junctio

nBox

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Description Cost in INR Cost in INRBTS conf. 2 of 5 watt 2 of 10 wattBTS Category A BPowerBattery with Racks, connector and otheraccessories 330, 000 375,000

Solar power system with civil works,Racks, connector and other accessories 400,000 520,000

Charge Control unit (CCU) 300,000 500,000

DG Set (For emergency charging) 100,000 150,000

Description Cost in INR Cost in INRBTS conf. 2 of 5 watt 2 of 10 watt

BTS Category A B

TowerMast/ Pole (SERC Approved Design)erecting with all civil works 650,000 900,000

Back haul CostOFC per KM with one splicing joint for 1Km 800000 800000

Description for miscellaneous items Cost in INR Cost in INRBTS conf. 2 of 5 watt 2 of 10 wattBTS Category A B

Cables and accessories like AC/DC Cable+Earthing+ HDPE PIPES 100,000 200,000

Shelter cost 10'x10' feet, fiber blockroofing, Fencing etc 200,000 250,000

Transportation 250,000 325,000

Commissioning & Installation 200,000 250,000

Any other items 100,000 100,000

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5.6 Result analysis:Result of the highway 2G coverage study shows that a total of 233 nos. of BTS arerequired for a complete 2G coverage on the national Highways of North east region.

Table- 5.6 Highway Details

S.No. Latitude Longitude BTS type

NAGALANDNH- 61 26.715574 94.631463

25.669597 94.1059081 26.411369 94.607263 B2 26.375695 94.574304 B3 26.211471 94.476101 B4 26.073418 94.536042 B5 25.976754 94.509938 B6 25.947586 94.488058 B7 25.869713 94.437512 B8 25.670663 94.229216 B9 25.681652 94.205010 B

10 25.643576 94.164527 BNH-155 26.310165 94.509362

25.558211 94.3104671 26.270678 94.520853 B2 26.259220 94.556569 B3 26.275764 94.589364 B4 26.271344 94.635194 B5 26.220381 94.620603 B6 26.179597 94.814408 B7 26.200142 94.870048 B8 26.190651 94.899212 B9 26.113394 94.875786 B

10 26.043559 94.887617 B11 26.025348 94.866734 B12 26.009861 94.843433 B13 25.948819 94.784488 B14 25.618491 94.504968 B15 25.614844 94.481597 B

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16 25.592371 94.429457 B17 25.581049 94.339473 B

NH-150 25.664771 94.19377525.516722 94.298526

1 25.522228 94.324362 BNH-39 25.919229 93.730024

25.520530 94.1323141 END POINT B

NH-36 NA

MANIPURNH-155 NANH-39 25.516306 94.133488

24.251596 94.2992661 NA

NH-150 25.501242 94.29085324.2387 93.026877

1 25.482399 94.345298 B2 25.499395 94.391735 B3 25.459375 94.485784 B4 25.425879 94.513674 B5 25.387496 94.534569 B6 25.34467 94.534658 B7 25.289749 94.482604 B8 25.245168 94.453061 B9 25.178340 94.409332 B

10 25.027647 94.315224 B11 24.342952 93.49483 B12 24.345112 93.430661 B13 24.313206 93.357706 B14 24.268679 93.230479 B15 24.261946 93.158679 B16 24.247073 93.133861 B17 24.243165 93.07532 B18 24.230953 93.039775 B

NH-53 24.807815 93.1156524.806911 93.933898

1 24.789444 93.191929AAA

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2 24.816757 93.245782 B3 24.795891 93.256981 B4 24.720016 93.263082 B5 24.764405 93.297788 B6 24.765809 93.366949 B7 24.756998 93.389096 B8 24.788723 93.459741 B9 24.849604 93.497806 B

10 24.825948 93.522193 B11 24.813812 93.552753 B12 24.786426 93.697418 B13 24.787162 93.73375 B14 24.790115 93.770396 A

SIKKIMNH-31A 27.499303 88.534033

27.174299 88.5300061 27.455633 88.527156 A

ASSAM

NH-31,31B,31C and152

FullCoverage

NH-52 26.344631 91.72864527.840254 95.221156

1 27.566324 94.807196 ANH-52B 27.488535 94.91967

27.557486 95.2006771 27.518482 94.984111 B2

27.539217 95.093334 A3 A

NH-37 26.196037 90.56279927.85666 95.765027

1 27.801066 95.665461 ANH-39 26.630534 93.727232

25.923767 93.7311251 26.580338 93.809158 A

NH-36 26.347361 92.68497725.904133 93.680758

1 92.937044 26.13674 B

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226.002664 93.318046 A

3 A4 25.966028 93.497253 B5 25.958112 93.583098 B

16 25.923226 93.626357 BNH-54 26.111991 92.865145

24.5216 92.763621 25.868389 93.053627 B2 25.851397 93.086242 B3 25.828223 93.088645 B4 25.799171 93.132934 B5 25.696109 93.128272 B6 25.573052 93.09068 B7 25.417237 93.128468 B8 25.342986 93.134593 B9

25.071314 92.892951 A10 A11 24.549958 92.774034 B

NH151,44,154,37A,38,51,53,61,52A,62,153

FullCoverage

ARUNACHALPRADESH

NH-52 27.870731 95.3096427.639032 95.801003

128.20175 95.549143 A

2 A3

28.180497 95.649912 A4 A5

28.131737 95.734946 A6 A7 27.99369 95.94423 B8 27.909907 95.946049 B9 27.772683 95.979286 B

NH-153 27.356884 95.99843927.247668 96.152907

1 27.317689 96.05384 B

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NH-37, 52A and52B Full

Coverage

TRIPURANH-44 24.432164 92.248105

23.034874 91.7214621 24.402517 92.240864 B2

23.945081 91.957607 A3 A4

23.896513 91.765481 A5 A

NH-44A 23.996952 91.99390723.828442 92.049031

1 23.896217 92.003289 BMEGHALAYA

NH-51 25.897416 90.51893325.204016 90.227755

NH-62 25.906588 90.77511825.251987 90.632137

1 25.833805 90.77935 B2 25.721243 90.822411 B3

25.580916 90.72915 A4 A5

25.390483 90.680837 A6 A7 25.259075 90.642601 A

NH-44 25.515039 91.2667825.047189 92.441075

125.084508 92.418416 A

2 ANH-40 26.041368 91.867722

25.440649 92.196739MIZORAM

NH-44A 23.934599 92.36795623.754364 92.728925

1 23.915062 92.380443 B2 23.892135 92.576601 B

NH-54 24.519931 92.76305322.313239 93.026366

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1 22.894255 92.862649 B2

22.396852 92.95899 A3 A4 22.397127 93.013451 B

NH-54A 22.907586 92.47042122.85134 92.791104

NH-150 24.215581 92.5490324.047185 92.670495

1 24.12733 92.613086 BNH-154 24.232578 93.018491

23.734254 92.8473311 24.22776 92.990954 B2 24.151563 92.941877 B3 23.936805 92.92737 B

NH-54B 22.466569 92.95541222.487111 92.984337

1 22.470932 92.96668 A2 22.490286 92.952482 A

Note: For NH no. 229 of 1090 Km in Arunachal Pradesh 50% is uncovered and for the same 109 BTS oftype A is considered.

The above table shows the National highways running in states of North East and the type ofBTSs required for seamless 2G coverage on the highways with the latitude & longitude details.

All highways are covered with BTS of two categories: A & B. The BTS details with its antennaheight, number of TRX and sector requirements is given in a table above. The cost referencetaken and break down item wise is shown below. As power supply is difficult to have at thesites hence total power requirement is also shown in the table. Battery autonomy is taken for 3days irrespective of BTS type. Capacity of battery was calculated made considering solar anddiesel generator set to be as backup for battery charging where solar charging will be givenpriority over DG set. On an average sunshine was considered to be for 6 hours a day and theDepth of Discharge (DoD) for the battery is taken as 80%. Battery when discharge below 40% ofits capacity will trigger the DG set provided that there is no solar charging available at thatmoment. Such circuit design is possible through DCPDB board and automatic change overswitch.

Cost of sites with respect to BTS type and total number of BTS types is given below.

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Table- 5.7

S.

No.

BTS

Typ

e

WATT

-Rou

nded

of

f

km.

for

30 m

eter

Ant

enna

No

of T

RX

BTS

Wat

tage

Tota

l num

bers

of

BTS

Tota

l num

bers

of

BSC

Battery-Single unit

Solarpower-

Single Unit

DG Set-SingleUnit

UnitCost ofSite inLakhINR

Cost ofSite withrespect toBTS Type

in RscroresAH Watt KVA

1 A 5 2 1+1 150 144 6 417 1333 0.69 37.80 54.43

2 B 10 3.25 1+1 200 89 4 521 1667 0.87 48.25 42.94

Total Cost Estimate (In Rs. Crore) 97.37

Total cost comes out to be INR 97.37 Crore for 233 no. of sites.

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5.6 Key Observation:

It is observed that due to non availability of power source in remote areas of North Easthighways the cost per site increases many folds. It may be observed that the cost of BTSis only some 10% of site cost. The maximum of the cost is contributed by power systemhaving both solar and DG sets. Hence BTS power rating would be a key factor on theoverall budget estimation. It is suggested to go for low power micro BTS instead ofconventional BTS though it cost little higher. This in return will save more on the powerback up part and thus will be a better feasible solution for sites with very low return oninvestment (ROI).

5.7 Recommendation

In addition to the CAPEX above, there is a huge recurring investment required tomaintain this infra structure in the form of Fiber and equipment maintenance. As theNorth eastern Region has tough terrain and currently the tele-density is low, operatorsdo not see a lucrative business model or rate of return in this part of the countrybecause of the gap in huge investment of capital and operational expenses vis-à-vis therevenue earned. Therefore there is a need to cover operating costs also; this willencourage operators to provide keep providing services in NER.

The CAPEX as estimated above for the BTS deployment on uncovered highway may befunded by USOF. This will encourage operators to establish infrastructure. As OPEX isalso very high in NER, the same can be factored by taking the net revenue (i.e. Revenue– OPEX) while calculating the subsidy. On an average OPEX per year is taken as 20% ofcapex cost. Such cost includes AMC costs, manpower, drive test and optimization,regular site maintenance, diesel etc cost. It is to mention in earlier schemes of USOF,passive sharing of towers is mandated. However, as per current guidelines active sharingof RAN is also allowed and the main advantage of this technology is the reduction inCAPEX and OPEX as both active and passive component is shared by operators. Thesubsidy calculation to fund the gap may consider this technology and mandate theactive sharing of RAN.

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6. Annexure

Annexure I: Graphical Representation of Rings on Google Maps

Annexure II: Data of Existing OFC of Various Operators

Annexure III: Details of Fiber Km of TCIL & TRAI

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Annexure III: Details of Fiber Km of TCIL & TRAI

S.No. State TCIL OFC km. TRAI OFC km. CAPEX (Rs cr.)

1 Assam 158 (u/g)70 (aerial)

902 km

25.091 Meghalaya 123 (u/g) 296 12.692 Tripura 76 (u/g) 45 10.983 Mizoram 382 (aerial) 743 (aerial)

65.26

265 (u/g) 460 (u/g)

100 (damaged)

4 Manipur 171 (u/g) 201 (u/g)

16.2170 (microwave)

5 Nagaland 124 km(u/g) 329 (km)

17.57

30 km.(damaged)

43km(microwave)

6 ArunachalPradesh

845 km. (u/g) 1724 km(u/g)

136.17

639 km(aerial) Satellite on 6links

7 Sikkim 125 km 115 km 11.55Total 295.52

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