| WHAT IS RAILTEL?
RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RailTel) is a Government of India undertaking under the Ministry of Railways. The Corporation was formed in Sept 2000 with the objectives to create nation wide Broadband Telecom and Multimedia Network in all parts of the country, to modernize Train Control Operation and Safety System of Indian Railways and to significantly contribute to realization of goals and objective of national telecom policy 1999. RailTel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Railways, with authorized capital of Rs. 1000/- Crores.
RailTel has created state of the art multimedia telecom network using SDH/DWDM based transmission systems and high end routers for MPLS-IP network. RailTel has extensive expertise in building telecom networks. Moreover, RailTel draws its manpower from signal and telecom branch of Indian Railway which has been in the business of construction, operation and maintenance of telecom systems for more than 50 years. Thus we are fully equipped to execute, operate and maintain big size projects.
Indian Railways have seamless Right of Way along 63,000 KM of Railway Track passing through 7000 stations across the country. The stations in major cities are located in central business districts. Indian Railways already had established a strong Telecom Network to meet its communication requirements. With the formation of Corporation, Indian Railways' Right of Way and OFC assets have been transferred to RailTel. Presently, about 32500 KM of OFC has already been laid and over 29500 KM has been commissioned. Works on another 10620 KM are in various stage of completion.
Presently RailTel holds the following licenses using which it is offering various services across India:
- National Long Distance
- Class "A" ISP (with Internet Telephony)
- IP-II
- IP-I
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