Itanagar: The Centre has assured Arunachal Pradesh for a special package to develop the telecommunication system in the state.
The assurance came from Union Department of Telecom (DoT) Secretary J S Deepak when the state Chief Secretary Shakuntala Doley Gamlin made the proposal, among others, during the two days meeting of DoT at Guwahati, which concluded on Tuesday, an official release informed said here on Wednesday.
Deepak said that the Union Ministry of Telecommunication would set up around 6,000 towers across North East under the comprehensive telecom development plant for North East India.
The project would connect more than 8,000 villages across the region in next two years. BSNL would do this work in Arunachal Pradesh, he said.
The Union secretary further assured to make more bandwidth available, wherever the VSATs are being installed, especially in district headquarters besides, improved connectivity through VSAT till optical fibres are laid on an interim basis and connectivity through OFC possible within a period of 2 years.
“The state government is looking to fulfill the vision of the Digital India and implement Go cashless, Go Digital policy, where telecommunication plays a vital role,” Gamlin said.
Gamlin further proposed to bring internet to the state which included among others a waive in spectrum charges for 5 years dedicated office, speedy procurement of microwave emitters, review of entire network to increase reliability, incentives to private operators to invest and scale up operations in the state, optical connectivity by March 18, besides a VSAT hub at Itanagar. (PTI)
