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, India.[1] 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.[2][3]
It is owned by the Government of Andhra Pradesh,[4] but has a partnership with Cisco Systems.[5] 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.[6] 24-core all-dielectric self-supporting cables were to be wrapped around electrical poles and laid for a length of around Template:Cvt, featuring back-end electronic systems set up at points of interests. Currently there are 2,449 sub-stations throughout the state.[7] Only Template:Cvt of the fibres were laid prior to June 2016, despite the target of Template:Cvt. 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.[8][9]
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.Template:Clarify As of September 2020, APSFL has over 970,000 users. Over 3,000 schools, universities, and government offices are connected to the network. It provides an average speed of 200 Gbit/s to its users.[10]
See also
References
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- ↑ AP Fiber Grid Plans Starts at Rs 149; Provides Broadband, Television, and Telephone Services in a Single Package, Kudikala, Chakri. TelecomTalk. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ↑ President launches AP Fibernet, Rs 333 crore spent. The Times of India(December 28, 2017). Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ↑ Andhra Pradesh State Fibernet Limited | About Us | AP Fiber. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ↑ AP fibre grid project launched, Sarma, Ch R. S.. @businessline. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ↑ AP fibre grid project set to be completed by July-end. The Times of India(March 18, 2016). Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ↑ Das: Andhra seeks extension even as MIB warns. Indian Television Dot Com(2017-03-31). Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ↑ Phase-1 of AP fibre grid project to be ready by July-end, Kumar, V. Rishi. @businessline. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ↑ Towards a general theory of implementation. Implementation Science({Template:Date).
- ↑ Information, RTI Data.
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