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Friday, Nov 26, 2004

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BSNL ready to provide required bandwidth to IT firms

By Our Staff Correspondent

The employees of BSNL who received Bharat Sanchar Sarathi and Sanchar Seva Padak Awards for 2004 (standing) seen with K. Balakrishnan, Chief General Manager, Southern Telecom Region, BSNL (sitting second from left) in Mangalore on Thursday. Others si tting (from left) are K. Sudhakar, General Manager, Telecom, Bangalore; B. Hanumaiah, Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore University; K. J. Chacko, former Principal General Manager, Dakshina Kannda Telecom District, and Thirunavukkarasu, General Manager, BSNL , Udupi.

MANGALORE, NOV. 25. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) is equipped to provide all types of bandwidth to information technology (IT) companies that are willing to set up units in Mangalore, K. Balakrishnan, Chief General Manager, Southern Telecom Region, Chennai, said here on Thursday.

Addressing a function organised by the BSNL to present Sanchar Seva Padak and Bharat Sanchar Sarathi Awards for 2004 and Sub-Regional Best Station Awards for 2003 here, he said that the authorities of some IT companies had recently said that they wanted to expand their network outside Bangalore.

They had announced that Mangalore would be their next destination along with Mysore.

The BSNL organised this year's awards function in Mangalore to send a message to IT companies that the company was ready to provide all types of bandwidth and communication facilities to such IT companies, he said.

Prospective hub

Mr. Balakrishnan predicted that Mangalore would be the prospective hub for IT growth. The Southern Region of BSNL, which achieved 99 per cent efficiency in its service, was the first ISO 9001:2000 certified region of BSNL in India. Hence, the BSNL was ready to meet all communication requirements of IT companies.

Currently the Southern Telecom Region of BSNL was maintaining an OFC route of 51,856 km and microwave route of 12,000 km purely for long-distance networks. Out of this 16,000 km of OFC route and 4,441 km of digital microwave systems were in Karnataka.

Target

The Union Communications Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, said that India should have 25 crore telephone connections by 2007. Presently, the country had eight crore telephone connections.

If the 2007 target was to be achieved, the BSNL had to contribute at least 50 per cent of connections to achieve it.

He said that the Southern Telecom Region looked after the operation and maintenance of 12 Level I Trunk Automatic Exchanges of 500 K capacity located in Chennai, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

The Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University, B. Hanumaiah, said that competition in the telecom sector from private players was required to develop efficiency in the service sector.

The former Principal General Manager, Dakshina Kannada Telecom District, K.J. Chacko, said that the future belonged to wireless communication systems.

The service sector should provide customers what they wanted and not impose on them what the sector had.

K. Sudhakar, General Manager, Telecom, Bangalore, and Thirunavukkarasu, General Manager, Udupi, were present on the occasion.

Awards presented

Twelve employees of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) were conferred with the Bharat Sanchar Sarathi and Sanchar Seva Padak Awards for 2004 at a function here on Thursday.

The Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University, B. Hanumaiah, presented the awards.

The Sanchar Seva Padak Awards 2004 carries Rs. 11,000 in cash, a citation, a certificate and a shawl. Five employees from Southern Telecom's Bangalore and Hubli sub-region received this award. They are: K. V. Jagannath, Divisional Engineer, transmission maintenance, Hassan; V. Kumar, junior telecom officer, office of the Deputy General Manager, Maintenance, Bangalore; B. Shivalingappa, sub-divisional engineer, digital transmission centre, Bangalore; Ambanna T. Devapur, junior telecom officer, OFC maintenance, Shahapur; and K. Manohar, sub-divisional engineer, OFC maintenance, Raichur.

The Bharat Sanchar Sarathi Award 2004 carries Rs. 11,000 in cash, a silver medal, a certificate, a citation and a shawl. Seven employees of Southern Telecom Sub Region, Bangalore and Hubli were given away this award.

Those who received Bharat Sanchar Sarathi Award are: G. Raju, telecom mechanic, Optic Fibre Cable (OFC) maintenance, Tumkur; R. Chengappa, senior telephone supervisor (phones), fault control (NTB), Bangalore; S. Lakshmanamurthy, telecom technical assistant, digital transmission centre, Bangalore; and K. Mallesh Kumar, senior telecom office assistant, transmission maintenance, Mysore; Parameshwarappa, telecom mechanic, OFC maintenance, Davangere; S.B. Shashikala, telecom technical assistant, OFC maintenance, Ranebennur and Sharan Kumar, senior telecom office assistant, transmission MTCE, Gulbarga.

Udupi OFC station bagged the Sub-Regional Best Maintained Station Award 2003 under small MUX category. Three employees this station received this award.

K. Balakrishnan, Chief General Manager, BSNL, Southern Telecom Region, Chennai; K. Sudhakar, General Manager, Telecom, Bangalore; Thirunavukkarasu, General Manager, Telecom, Udupi; and K. J. Chacko, former Principal General Manager, Dakshina Kannada Telecom District, were present on the occasion.

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