RailTel: a Reliable Partner for Digital NCR

Allahabad - 26th April 2016

Ashutosh Vasant

Regional General Manager/Northern Regionashutosh@railtelindia.com+91-9717644077

About RailTel – Present Network Infrastructure

PRESENT NETWORK

• OFC Network – 47,000 RKM

• Points of Presence – 4500+ stations

• DWDM Network

• STM-64/16 Network (600+cities)

• MPLS & NGN Network (80 cities Core)

• Network Operating Center (4 cities)

• Total network mapped on GIS

National Long

Distance

TELCOS

ENTERPRISE

ISPs

GOVT/PSUs

INSTITUTES

UNIVERSITY

BANKS

SMEs

INTERNETSERVICE

PROVIDER

MANAGED LEASE LINE

NLD VOICE CARRIAGE

IP-1

TOWER COLOCATION

RACK & SPACE COLOCATION

TELCOS

ISPs

MSOs

DARK FIBER

DEDICATED INTERNET

MPLS-IP VPN, VAS (DC, TP, etc)

About RailTel – Service Portfolio

ICT PROJECTS (National/International)

About RailTel – Major Customers

RBI

INDIAN ARMY

SBI

IGNOU

DRDO

Major Govt. Projects -National Knowledge Network

• Lead Creator of NKN• No of links:

• 89 Core links (10G each),• 600 Distribution links (2.5G each)• 1500 institutions (1G/100M)

• Implementation by NIC, BSNL, RailTel &PGCIL

• RailTel’s Scope: 26 Core, 128 distribution& 378 access links

• PO Value – Rs. 1056 Cr. over 10 yr period• Advance received Rs. 587 Cr.• 26 core, 114 distribution & 345 access

links implemented

Major Government Projects - USOF Project of North-East

• RailTel bagged the prestigious project forlaying of OFC in NE-I (Mizoram, Tripura,Meghalaya) & NE-II (Arunachal Pradesh,Manipur & Nagaland) connecting all DHQsand SDHQs on OFC based STM-16/64network totaling 600 locations within 2 years.

• RailTel took up project as a business strategyto serve this unserved area and has firstmover advantage.

• Survey of all States completed. WorkAwarded for 2 States & rest 4 States underprocess.

• Total Project Subsidy

=Rs. 388 Cr.

• Total Project cost

= Rs. 450 Cr.

National Optic Fiber Network – Panchayat Broadband

• Cabinet approved NOFN project in Oct 2011 to connect 2.5 lakh panchayats onoptic fiber network within 2 years.(Total Cost of Rs. 20,000 Crs)

• Salient features of the project

• Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) created for implementation

• BSNL, RailTel and PGCIL to execute NOFN. Agreement signed on 23rd May2013.

• 5 lakh kms incremental OFC to be laid by 3 CPSUs. E- Gov services to be runapart from supporting TSP/DSP/ISPs.

• 36,000 panchayats (worth Rs. 2500 Cr.) in 11 States/UTs( Tamil Nadu, Gujarat,Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Puducherry,Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu) given to RailTel. Survey completed.

• Pilot at 14 GPs completed in Panisagar block at Tripura

NOFN – Panisagar Pilot

E-education Classroom Tele-Medicine

E-Agriculture Veterinary Sub-Centre

Central NOC & Regional Office at Shastri Park

• Central SDH NOC

• Central MPLS NOC

• PAN India Billing centre

• NGN NOC

• IP DSLAM NOC

• Launched across India

• Broadband to the Common Man.

• Citizen Centric Services.

• Open to 3rd party applications.

• Health, Education, Work@Home

applications.

• Ready for IPTV, VoD.

• Ready For Web 2.0, HD

Video(25Mbps).

• 70000+ RailWire subscribers in the

States of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

,Kerala,UP,Haryana,Mah,Guj.

RailWire – BroadBand Delivery

Digital Kerala & Digital Sabarkantha

• Post deliberations with various operators, RailTel chosen for “Digital Kerala” pilot.

Pilot done at 30 locations in Thrissur dist. (15 village offices + 15 Akshaya

centers).Connected in 15 days .

• Awarded 416 locations in Oct’13 for connecting village offices. All completed in

3 months. Now connecting 12000 schools on same RailWire platform

• Signed Zilla Panchayat and Gram Panchayats as partners to RailWire on 16th Aug

2015 in presence of Hon.CM Gujarat for Digital Sabarkantha .

• Rolled out WiFi in 55 villages in 30 days on collaboration .

Tele-presence as a Service (TPaaS)

• Launch of Tele-presence as a service.• TP is a HD based Video conferencing facility.• Ideal for meetings across Time zones, e-learning facility, R&D centers.• Also helps in monetizing the MPLS network due to high capacity

requirement.

What’s special with TPaaS ??

• Resolves procurement problem of Govt.

• A managed service , a bundled offering , spanning hardware ( codec , motorised

HD camera, cloud hosted redundant class 5 Video switch) , last mile ,24x7x365

concierge service, O&M, AMC , overcomes obsolescence as 7 years repair and

upgrade is part of the offering .

• Offers recording and retrieval

• Allows secured participation from laptop , tablet, mobile to join the HD VC and

thus allows site based monitoring

RailTel Google WiFi : Experiential difference

• A thumbs up for RailTel & Railways to have managed a company with brand

value of $174B to consider RailTel as the right partner to showcase access

technologies.

• World class RAN marrying the self healing high capacity backbone to produce

unmatched customer experience

• Bringing access to information and knowledge to the lowest rung of society , the

real masses , giving India the leg up on exploiting its highly capable and fertile

Human Potential .”Ideas to monetization” coming to grass roots .

• 100 stations by Dec 16 and then next phase taking that to 400 by Dec 18

RailWay Display Network : RDN

• Creating the world’s biggest mass addressing platform with 100000 networked

screens across 2000 Railway stations with individual addressability.

• Giving Railways the power for a REAL CONNECT with its customers to serve

them as they deserve and expect.

• Real time train information pulled from NTES and PRS in customer friendly GUI

• Statistics on train running / weather enroute / transport/ accommodation/ utilities/

tourist information/ health/ real time man made or natural calamity sensitization

only to the coach/ train / platform / route/ city/ state/

Railway Display Network ( Contd)

• Information on route diversion / stations not touched / safety drills/ new rules &

facilities / social messaging/ reservation status / live feeds

• Social network integration ( Tweeter/ Facebook/ Instagram/ Telegram etc ) for a

360 degree feedback

• All this and many more possibilities , all controllable from a central NOC as well

as from authorised users including station master / RPF/ TTE with record logs

• POC on ALD-Manikpur* and Mumbai-Ahmedabad

Railway Display Network ( Contd)

• Adding value to the station ambience and outlook

• All this at NO COST to Railways

• No disturbance to the existing advertisement revenue stream of Railways

• Instead adding untapped revenue potential , bringing on board the world’s biggest

Advertisement platform, creating a new medium integrating the advantages of TV

and OOH , with transparent real time auction engine , promising self sustainability

to Railways need for PIDS and additional significant revenue stream

Ways to move ahead with

Digital NCR

SKB

Kashganj

Etawah

Bhimsen

Orai

Utratia

Unchchar

Dariapur

Sultanpur

SPN

Bareily

Tanakpur

Dudwa

Jaunpur

Varanasi

Nautanwa

Anandagar Jn. Valmikinagar

Towards Patna/ER

Thawe

1. OPTIC FIBRE CABLE COMMISSIONED

2. OPTIC FIBRE CABLE UNLIT

3. OPTIC FIBRE CABLE WORK IN PROGRESS

4. OPTIC FIBRE CABLE SANCTIONED

5.OPTIC FIBRE CABLE FUTURE WORKS

Legends

Pilibhit

Allahabad

Gonda

Manikpur

Jhansi

Towards

Moradabad/NR

Balamau

CNB

LKO

Sitapur

Burhwal

Barabanki

Ayodhya

Dalmau

Phaphamu

Chunnar

Chhapra

Motihari

Kaptanganj

Bhatni

Indra Jn.Mau

Towards

Katni/WR Towards Gaya/ER

Banda

Roja

Pandrauna

Bina/WR

Lalitpur

Dholpur

AGC

Palwal

MathuraTundla

Aligarh

Ghaziabad

Kosi

NR

FTP

BRE

Chitrakoot

PHD

Moth

Igdah

Bayana

Siwan

To ECR/ER

Gwalior

Hamirpur

RailTel OFC Network in NCR Allahabad Division

1 Ghaziabad-Aligarh-Tundla 184 Km

2

Shikohabad-Tundla-Agra 66 Km

3

Shikohabad-Rura-Panki-Kanpur 194 Km

4

Kanpur-Allahabad 192 Km

5

Allahabad-MGS 153 Km

6

Allahabad-Manikpur 95 Km

Total RKM 884 Km

Agra Division

1 Palwal-Mathura-Agra 138 Km

2 Idgah-Bayana 81 Km

Total RKM 219 Km

Jhansi Division

1 Agra-Gwalior 118 Km

2 Gwalior-Lalitpur-Bina 250 Km

3 Kanpur-Jhansi 220 Km

Total RKM 588 Km

Total RKM

1691

RLY OFC Project under

ProgressS

N

OFC Section RKM

1 JHS-Mahoba 138

2 Mahoba-Manikpur 154

3 Khairar/Banda-Bhimsen 120

Total RKM 412

Progress of NC Rly OFC Projects upto 22nd Apr 2016

SN Name of the ProjectTotal

RKM

Cumm. Progress

Target Remarks

T D B

1JHS-Mahoba: Optical

Fibre Cable138 80 80 13 Aug’16

JHS-Orchha Block

section completed.

Work is in progress

2

Mahoba-Manikpur: Optical Fiber Cable 154 Mar’17

TC Under

Finalization. LOA

issuance expected

by 10th May 2016

3

Khairar/Banda-

Bhimsen: Optical

Fibre Cable

120 55 55 0 Aug’16 Work in Progress

Total 412 135 135 13

Progress of Masonry Rooms Projects upto Apr’16

SNName of the

ProjectTotal

RoomsCumm.

ProgressTarget Remarks

1 JHS-Mahoba 12 6Aug

2016Work in Progress

2 Mahoba-Manikpur 14Dec

2016Drawings not yet approved by Rlys

3 Bhimsen - KhairarNo Bids received

in multiple rounds of tendering

Total 26 6

Note: Early approval of JHS division on site Drawings ofMahoba-Manikpur section is required for start of work

Masonry Rooms Project: NCR’s Assistance Solicited

• No bids received in multiple rounds of Tendering forBhimsen-Khairar Masonry Room work.

• As progress of OFC laying is substantial, Rooms areimmediately required for OFC termination & indoorequipments installation.

• If NC Rly agrees to provide indoor space forequipments, section may be commissioned early.

• RailTel, needs to refloat Tender/operate variation inexisting Tender if Telecom Room space is notarranged by NC Rly.

• Suitable decision on this aspect is required/solicited.

Status of Project ‘Nilgiri’Wi-Fi Service at NCR- A1 Stations

ALD CNB JHS GWL AGC MTJ

All works completed. Wi-Fi

facility rolled out on 18.04.2016. Awareness

campaign awaits permission of NCR

Preliminary survey in progress .Target for Service Rollout: Sept

2016.

SMS based monitoring and reporting

• Through a simple per user per month subscription based service , RailTel can offer

monitoring and incidence reporting of any sort and any type that NCR may want

by just the field person sending an sms .

• The report gets compiled for entire section / project as an excel sheet and gets

reported as per defined escalation matrix . Extremely useful for monitoring

progress of targeted works like CTR, destressing , through packing , ballast

cleaning , USFD , sleeper renewal, RUB/ROB etc . Name the requirement and the

application can be customised . No sms charges, as free in CUG. Application

charges as low as Rs.150 per month per user .

SMS based monitoring and reporting (continued)

• No hardware or software investments

• Any make or model of mobile can be used

• Requires no application download or software installation

• Just a simple sms string does the job

• Can even monitor attendance

• Can even generate actual TA bills based on movement

Connected Subordinate and field offices

• Passing on the contingency provisions of CTR/ Doubling/GC/RVNL/DFCCIL

estimates to RailTel, OFC connectivity can be established to every subordinate

office from the nearest OFC PoP at the station and VLANs created for different

uses like TMS, IPAS, ERP,FTS to name a few of the many useful applications

enhancing effectiveness and efficiency

• Once the backbone is available, the same can be used to provide TP services to the

field functional units saving huge cost in travel, time ,transportation enhancing

effectiveness

Connected Subordinate and field offices ( Continued)

• On line stock keeping , scrap monitoring, progress monitoring , incidence

monitoring, loading , releasing , invoicing ,TSR maintenance can change the way

the system functions

• A very powerful medium for conducting safety drills , counselling , mass

addressing , emergency alerts , special drives , coaching and motivation ,

addressing staff grievances

Continuous coverage along tracks for operational efficiency

• RailTel can pitch in to invest in towers along high traffic corridors at each station

with OFC backbone .

• These towers can host multiple cellular operators to ensure seamless coverage

along tracks. This helps ensure voice and data communication both for operational

and emergency requirements .

• In lieu of Railway providing 10m x 10m land and initial 20KW power connection

at no cost to RailTel, the MTRC antenna and equipment can be mounted on these

towers at no initial cost to Railways , a 70% saving on MTRC estimates , else can

pay IPF

High Speed superior contention ratio RailWire connection to Railway colonies and

schools

• RailTel through its RailWire program can help bring a paradigm shift in the level

of exposure and competence of Rly employees and their wards by providing

affordable , reliable , scalable , high speed Broadband services at special rates for

Railway employees in Railway colonies.

• NCR can opt for high speed internet plans for all Railway schools bringing a real

change in the understanding and appreciation of subjects by the students who can

enjoy the benefits of learning by seeing and interacting with feedback , using You

Tube Education content , Khan academy lectures and an array of content on the

internet

VOIP phones across NCR

• Using RailTel soft switch in the cloud , both voice and video phones can be

provided across NCR to any location which is available on RailTel IP network

without the need of a physical exchange

• This reduces maintenance , power , repair, replacement and obsolescence cost

• This can be done at the CAPEX of initial supply of phones , I&C and then a small

fee per subscriber per annum

Returns to NCR for patronizing and promoting RailTel

• RailTel pays 7% of its revenue share to Railways , which is actually in excess of

25% of its profit. This is in addition to the Dividend paid against equity .

• NCR can propose to Railway Board that this revenue share proportionate to the

business done in NCR by RailTel should come straight to NCR kitty with powers

to GM to use same for any efficiency / effectiveness enhancing activities in the

Zone.

To make Digital NCR a reality, request following supports

• RDN is highly capital intensive .We need to keep the partners motivated .As all

investments are steered by RailTel, to have real impact , NCR may seek Board’s

approval to allow pilot at ALD, CNB,JHS,AGC,MTJ instead of stations on ALD –

Manikpur where even safety of assets and power availability will be a big

challenge

• Request all Departments to OWN RailTel. May kindly route plans for all OFC

affecting works through local RailTel official who will ensure prompt marking of

OFC and ensure all cooperation. Only in cases where shifting is unavoidable ,

RailTel will request for estimate provision

Request for support (continued)

• The OFC on CNB-ALD and ALD –MGS is 16 years old and coming to EOL .

Request sanctioning work for replacement ( along with quad if due) .

• Request sanctioning of repair cost for defects identified in joint inspection of OFC

on AGC-Achnera –Bandikui so that this section can be repaired and put to use

• Bina-Lalitpur and NYN-MGS are sanctioned for 3rd line. Will require OFC shifting

. May kindly sanction this as part of estimate in time to shift OFC ahead of start of

work.

Request for support (continued)

• In CNB-TDL section , fiber swapping be permitted between OFC maintained by

RailTel and that for signalling .This will ensure higher uptimes .

• CNB MW Power feeder used for power supply to optical equipment requires

upgradation to overcome frequent outages and low voltage issues

• IRPMU is laying OFC between Panki station to MW and MW to Central station. In

the duct so laid, 48 F be blown instead of 24F so that 24F can be used by RailTel.

In lieu of 24 F cable given by IRPMU, RailTel can supply 48 F cable .

Request for support continued

• Request pending payment for STM4 charges from NCR for 01.04.2015 to

31.03.2016 amounting to Rs.1,00,92,162/- and past arrears of 4F maintenance from

01.04.2013 to 31.03.2016 of Rs.1,19,32,902/-

• Request release of VAT over project charges of Rs.6.9 lacs

• Request approval for WiFi awareness drive and signages at ALD station as per

details submitted on 21.04.2016

• Request to retain all MW towers as these are vital assets for access network

•

Request for support continued

• Request space for safe keeping of material for Railway OFC projects and allotment

of spare rooms for equipment PoPs in the three Divisions

• Request Engineering support for mobilising good contractors for Masonary

buildings on JHS-Mahoba and plan approvals for OFC PoPs against Railway

projects on KHS-Mahoba-Manikpur and

•

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