Establishing a Robust Digital Network Infrastructure: The T-Fiber Initiative by the Government of Telangana

Initiatives Digital Telengana

Posted by pallavi on 2024-10-01 06:39:55 |

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The Government of Telangana aims to establish a cutting-edge digital network infrastructure that is durable, resilient, secure, scalable, and of carrier-grade quality. This infrastructure will provide affordable, high-speed broadband connectivity from the State Headquarters to all homes, government offices, and businesses across the State. The broadband network will offer bandwidth to licensed service providers in a fair and non-discriminatory manner without engaging in competition, except for Government-to-Government (G2G) and Government-to-Citizen (G2C) services.

To build and utilize this broadband infrastructure, the Telangana Government initiated the T-Fiber project and established a dedicated entity, Telangana Fiber Grid Corporation Ltd., to deploy optic fiber and network infrastructure throughout the State. Through T-Fiber, the government intends to connect ten zones (33 districts), 589 Mandals, 12,751 Gram Panchayats, and 141 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). Additionally, all Rythu Vedikas (farmer centers) will have fiber connectivity, enabling farmers in Telangana to access internet services. A list of 97,115 government institutions has been compiled for connectivity, with around 55,000 identified as priority institutions in departments such as Education, Health, Home, Agriculture, and PR&RD.

T-Fiber will utilize existing infrastructure, such as Right of Way (RoW), trenching, and ducting created under the prestigious Mission Bhagiratha. Optical Fiber Cables will be deployed along mapped water pipeline routes across the entire State. To achieve the objectives of T-Fiber, a layered network topology has been planned, capable of delivering 4-100 Mbps to households and on-demand speeds of 20-100 Mbps to institutions and enterprises.

Key Features

- Durability: 25 to 30 years lifespan of the underground optical fiber cables (OFC).

- Resilience: Ring and mesh architecture providing multipath redundancy.

- Security: Integration with Security Operations Center (SOC), firewall, and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) at the Network Operations Center (NOC).

- Scalability: User speeds ranging from 20 Mbps to 1 Gbps, with network capacities scaling from terabytes to petabytes.

- Carrier-Grade: 99.9% Service Level Agreement (SLA) at the core layer and 97% SLA at the GP access layer.

This robust IT infrastructure is expected to significantly boost various economic activities, including job creation for youth, development of opportunities for IT exports, and increased productivity through automation. As more government services transition to the digital space, a solid IT ecosystem will facilitate seamless and hassle-free access for citizens to these services.

Network Operations Center

A state-of-the-art T-Fiber Network Operations Center (T-NOC) has been established in Hyderabad, housing carrier-class network equipment, data and application servers, and a research and testing lab. The T-NOC will serve as a central hub for managing fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security of Telangana’s active and passive telecommunication infrastructure. The functions and services performed by the T-NOC adhere to Telecommunication Management Network standards, ensuring industry best practices and a forward-thinking, scalable architecture.

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