BSNL Broadband

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BSNL Broadband
FormerlyDataOne
Company typeDivision of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Industry Telecommunications
FoundedJanuary 14, 2005;19 years ago (2005-01-14)
HeadquartersBSNL Bhavan, ,
Area served
India
Key people
Shri Pravin Kumar Purwar
ITS(CEO)
Services
Owner
MembersIncrease2.svg 22  Million+ (May 2019) [1]
Number of employees
2,01,066 [2]  (2016)
Website www.bsnl.co.in

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BSNL Broadband's Wi-Fi modem BSNL Chennai Broadband's Wi-Fi modem from Nokia Siemens Networks.jpg
BSNL Broadband's Wi-Fi modem

BSNL is commissioning a multi-gigabit, multi-protocol, IP infrastructure through National Internet Backbone-II (NIB-II), that provides services through the same backbone and broadband access network. The broadband service is available on digital subscriber line technology (on the same wire that is used for old telephone service), spanning 198 cities.

The services that are supported include always-on broadband access to the Internet for residential and business customers, content-based services, video multicasting, video-on-demand and interactive gaming, audio. In addition, video conferencing, IP telephony, distance learning, messaging, multi-site MPLS VPNs with Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees. The subscribers can access the above services through the Subscriber Service Selection System (SSSS) portal.

The service is given through Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) based IP infrastructure. Layer 1 of the network consists of a high-speed backbone composed of 24 core routers connected with high-speed 2.0 Gbit/s(STM-16) links.

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References

  1. "Press Release on Telecom Subscription Data as on 30 April, 2019" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. "BSNL Staff". www.bsnltariff.com.
  3. http://www.bsnl.co.in/opencms/bsnl/BSNL/about_us/finance/finance.html [ verification needed ]
  4. "Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd- Latest News". Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.