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{{short description|Communications network in Andhra Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox company
| name = AP State FiberNet Limited
| logo = [[File:Andhra_Pradesh_State_FiberNet_Limited.png]]
| type = Public
| key_people = P. Goutham Reddy (Chairman)<br />M. Madhusudhan Reddy (managing director)
| industry = [[Telecommunications]]
| services = {{Unbulleted list|[[Landline|Fixed line]]|[[Broadband]]|[[Internet services]]|[[Digital television]]|[[Internet Protocol television]]}}
| area_served = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| owner = [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2015|10|26|df=y}}
| hq_location_city = [[Vijayawada|Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh]]
| hq_location_country = [[India]]
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.apsfl.in/}}
}}

==Overview==
Andhra Pradesh State FiberNet Limited, AP State FiberNet Limited, or APSFL is a fully-owned entity of the Government of [[Andhra Pradesh]], India, started in October 2015. The project aims to provide affordable end-to-end broadband,wifi connection,internet facility, cable television, and phone connectivity in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh, India.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.televisionpost.com/ap-fibernet-project-launch-and-cable-tv-biz/|title=AP FiberNet project launch and cable TV biz - TelevisionPost: Latest News, India's Television, Cable, DTH, TRAI|date=2016-12-30|website=TelevisionPost: Latest News, India’s Television, Cable, DTH, TRAI|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref> The project was announced by [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] and was launched by the [[President of India]] on December 27, 2017 in a ceremony conducted in the capital city of [[Amaravati]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telecomtalk.info/ap-fiber-grid-plans-starts-rs149-provides-broadband/171997/|title=AP Fiber Grid Plans Starts at Rs 149; Provides Broadband, Television, and Telephone Services in a Single Package|last=Kudikala|first=Chakri|website=TelecomTalk|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/president-launches-ap-fibernet-rs-333crore-spent/articleshow/62273894.cms|title=President launches AP Fibernet, Rs 333 crore spent|date=December 28, 2017|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>

It is owned by the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apsfl.in/about-us/|title=Andhra Pradesh State Fibernet Limited {{!}} About Us {{!}} AP Fiber|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref> but has a partnership with [[Cisco Systems]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/ap-fibre-grid-project-launched/article8365982.ece|title=AP fibre grid project launched|last=Sarma|first=Ch R. S.|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref> The project seeks to provide accessible [[Broadband]] connectivity on a non-discriminatory basis to households and corporate users, including an expansion of internet access for users in rural areas. Its main aim is to provide 15 to 50 [[Mbit/s]] unlimited connections to all residents of [[Andhra pradesh]], and 100 Mbit/s to 1 [[Gbit/s]] connections to businesses. The [[APSFL]] network also provides [[Internet Protocol television]] with over 200 channels and a landline telephone connection for free and unlimited calling to AP fiber phones within [[Andhra Pradesh]].

==Implementation==

The A.P. Fiber Grid Phase established a high-speed [[optical fiber]] network infrastructure across the state, funded by the Electricity Department.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/AP-fibre-grid-project-to-be-completed-by-July-end/articleshow/51456349.cms|title=AP fibre grid project set to be completed by July-end |date=March 18, 2016|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref> 24-core all-dielectric self-supporting cables were to be wrapped around electrical poles and laid for a length of around {{cvt|23000|km}}, featuring back-end electronic systems set up at points of interests. Currently there are 2,449 sub-stations throughout the state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/cable-tv/das/das-andhra-seeks-extension-even-as-mib-warns-170331|title=Das: Andhra seeks extension even as MIB warns|date=2017-03-31|website=Indian Television Dot Com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref> Only {{cvt|16,000|km}} of the fibres were laid prior to June 2016, despite the target of {{cvt|22,500|km}}. The target was eventually met in September 2020.  A network operations center has been commissioned at [[Visakhapatnam]] to look after the project in the state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/phase1-of-ap-fibre-grid-project-to-be-ready-by-julyend/article8693500.ece|title=Phase-1 of AP fibre grid project to be ready by July-end|last=Kumar|first=V. Rishi|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=May|first=Carl|date=2013-02-13|title=Towards a general theory of implementation|journal=Implementation Science|volume=8|issue=1|page=18|doi=10.1186/1748-5908-8-18|pmid=23406398|pmc=3602092|issn=1748-5908|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Network==
The network utilizes a ring-like architecture that is distributed across all 13 districts of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is a 1.3 Gbit/s dense [[wavelength-division multiplexing]] based optical fibre network arranged in a state ring with each district ring as a 100G DWDM subnet.{{clarify|jargon|date=November 2020}} As of September 2020, APSFL has over 970,000 [[User (computing)|users]]. Over 3,000 [[school]]s, [[universities]], and government offices are connected to the network. It provides an average speed of 200 Gbit/s to its users.<ref>{{cite web |last=RTI Data |title=Information |url=https://cdn-change-india.s3.dualstack.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/public_shares/apsfl.jpeg |accessdate=3 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703220346/https://cdn-change-india.s3.dualstack.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/public_shares/apsfl.jpeg |archive-date=3 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Jio]]
* [[BSNL Broadband]]
* [[CellOne|BSNL Mobile]]
* [[Sancharnet|Sanchar]]
*[[Atria Convergence Technologies]]
* [[APSFL]]
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==References==
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{{Telecommunication companies of India}}
{{State agencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

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