GUWAHATI: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), one of the leading telecom operators in the country, completed its Ashta Mangal Project Phase-I for improving the connectivity in the North East regions.
Under this project, BSNL has provided reliable connectivity to North-Eastern regions, using Optical Fibre Power Ground Wire (OPGW). It also confirmed the cost of this project was around Rs 100 Crore.
The optical fibres within the cable can be used for high-speed transmission of voice and data communication.
The connectivity has been provided from Kolkata to Guwahati (Assam) and to other seven state headquarters of the region (NE), said the company.
With this project, Guwahati now will be connected to Shillong, Aizwal, Agartala, Itanagar, Dimapur, Kohima, Imphal, Tezpur and Nagaon.
