NE states to be connected by optic fibre

Aizawl, Nov 06 (UNI) With the aim to upgrade communication infrastructure, Eastern Telecom Region (ETR) has worked out a comprehensive plan to connect the NE states through optical fibre using DWDM technology.

ETR Chief General Manager R N Panda told UNI that the NE states, including Sikkim, would get good communication networks by next December, especially in Cellone areas.

''We are going to set up a seperate ETR sub-region in Dimapur and Nagaland exclusively for the NE states while persuing with NE Power Grid Corporation to use overhead optical fibre,'' Mr Panda said.

He further stated that the first phase of ring formation work is at the verge of completion in Agartala-Silchar-Shillong-Guwahati- Itanagar-Imphal-Kohima route while the second phase would connect Aizawl and Gangtok by the first quarter of 2007.

To expedite the work, Northeast task force has been involved in the installation work of the Dense Wave-length Division Multiplexing (DWDM) system among the NE states along with ETR operations, he said.

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