Thursday 5 June 2014

Power Grid Corporation inks agreement with BSNL for improving connectivity

Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) has inked an agreement with state-owned telecom firm BSNL for improving connectivity in the north eastern region including Sikkim. The agreement envisages provisioning of bandwidth on optical fibre laid over the high tension electric transmission network of PGCIL. A total 34 links comprising multiple 10 Gbps capacity telecom circuits will be commissioned within 18 months.
PGCIL is India’s principal electric power transmission company. It owns and operates most of India’s interstate and inter-regional electric power transmission systems with inter-regional power transfer capacity of about 20,800 MW and wheels nearly 45% of total power generated across India.

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