In its pursuit of growth BSNL is putting into place the national Internet Backbone. The National Internet Backbone of BSNL consists of 432 Point of Presence( POP) that gives it the capability of transporting IP traffic from every nook and corner of the country. This network provides internet services to more than 1 million dial-up customers including about 3.5 lakh customers on CLI basis.
2nd in the line of IP network, BSNL commissioned a state-of-the-art Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) NETWORK TAKING India into the next stage of the IP evolution. This network has 10 physical nodes with all district headquarters designated as virtual nodes. This network has opened up a new market segment of secure and reliable Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) for Corporate customers.
The latest endeavor of BSNL is a world-class multi-gigabit multi-protocol, convergent IP infrastructure which will provide voice, data and video services through the same backbone. In terms of infrastructure for broadband services, this would put India at par with more advanced nations. Designated as NIB-II this will be implemented in the form of four projects.
- Project 1 involves building up of MPLS backbone
- Project 2.1 is for narrow band access
- Project 2.2 is for broadband access
- Project 3 is to put systems and processes in place to integrate network built in The other projects and provide services like messaging, billing etc.
All the above projects in form of NIB-II are at different stages of implementation and as per schedule .They will be operational in the third quarter of this year.
The services that will be available to customers when NIB-II is in place:
- Narrowband and broadband Internet access.
- Virtual Private Network.
- Managed OPE
- Value Added Services like encryption, firewall and NAT
- Messaging: Plain Vanilla and feature rich
- Data Center Services: web hosting and web-collocation.
- Content based Services: e.g. video multicast, video on demand, interactive gaming
