India’s 3rd international internet gateway to be operational in a month
India’s third international internet gateway, after Mumbai and Chennai, would be operational in Agartala within a month, BSNL chief general manager (North-East one circle) KK Saxena said in Agartala on Thursday.
Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on July 11 last year laid the foundation stone in Agartala for the third international internet gateway (IIG) through Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.
“Laying of the optical fibre cable (OFC) link between Akhaura (along Agartala) and Cox’s Bazar has been completed and the final testing is now going on. This would be the country’s third international internet gateway after Mumbai and Chennai and it would be operational in a month,” Saxena told reporters.
He said: “When the IIG would be operational, there would not only be a sea change in the internet and telecommunication connectivity in northeast India, but the other parts of the country would also be benefited by getting additional internet bandwidth.”
The official said the government has spent Rs 20 crore to create the infrastructure, including laying of OFC to avail the 10 gigabit bandwidth from Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL).
He said: “India had to give around Rs.8 crore per year as rental fee to BSCCL to avail the telecommunication linkages.”
In the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi Premier Sheikh Hasina, an agreement was signed in Dhaka on June 6 between the BSCCL and BSNL for leasing of international bandwidth for internet at Akhaura.
Akhaura is the second largest trading point and checkpost between India and Bangladesh after Petrapole-Benapole trade centre and checkpost along West Bengal.
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