BSNL commissions new bandwidth for Agartala

NEW DELHI: For making available high quality and high speed internet access to Meghalaya and other Northeastern States of the country, BSNL on Thursday commissioned additional one 10 GBPS International Bandwidth for Internet connectivity at Agartala through Cox Bazar, Bangladesh, which will also help in reduction of latency and congestion in Internet traffic.

According to a press release, this development has come few months after Minister's visit to the North-East during which he reiterated his commitment to improve Internet connectivity in the region.

BSNL had earlier commissioned one 10G International bandwidth at Agartala on November 26, 2021 for the Northeastern States. The availability of high speed internet access will help in establishment of software parks and high speed Data centers for business purposes in the Northeastern States. It will benefit the citizens in accessing various e-services such as e-governance, e-education, e-health, e-commerce, e-banking, etc. It will also result in increase of employment and tourism in these States. USOF is providing BSNL with subsidy/support of 80% for a period of three years for this 2x10G International Bandwidth.

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