The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has approved a telecom package for the Kochi-Lakshadweep submarine optical fibre connectivity project. The cost of the telecom development package is estimated to be Rs 610 million.
The developmental package includes the installation of 18 new 4G mobile tower sites, upgradation of 19 existing 2G sites to 4G services and laying of 225 kilometres of optical fibre for providing fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connection on the islands.
The project is scheduled to be completed by October 2023. The execution of the project would enhance Lakshadweep’s bandwidth to 100 Gbps from the available bandwidth of 1.71 GBps.
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