 New
Delhi: Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL),
the pioneer of indigenous electronic revolution in the
country, has announced the successful system integration
of the high-speed optical fibre cable (OFC) backbone network
for RailTel, the telecom subsidiary of Indian Railways.
The OFC-based project has been commissioned by Railway
Minister Nitish Kumar in Bangalore today.
As
part of the implementation, ECIL has integrated high-technology
SDH/PDH equipment supplied by Tejas its partner, in
integrating the defence components and managing the
network. Networking management system (NMS) presently
will ensure effective management of the network, provide
configuration management, network health monitoring,
security and accounting management and proactive maintenance.
As an extension of this network, ECIL has also bagged
an additional order covering 64 stations for OFC-based
network implementation.
Says
ECIL technical director Wing Commander (Retired) K S
Chandrasekhar: "The successful implementation of
this project is a testimony of our system integration
abilities and technical strengths. We are proud to play
an important role in the RailTel project, which promises
to change not only the way the Indian Railways communicate
but also add muscle to the communication needs of our
country."
The
network has a capability to offer the following services
apart from meeting the railways communication needs:
bandwidth services for telecom operators, Internet services,
virtual private network, national and international
long-distance services, voice over IP and telephone.
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