ABSTRACT Broadband refers to a connection that has capacity to transmit large amount of data at high speed. Presently a connection having download speeds of 256 kbps or more is classified as broadband. When connected to the Internet broadband connection allows surfing or downloading much faster than a dial-up or any other narrowband connections. BSNL offers 2 Mbps minimum download speed for its Broadband connections. Broadband is an „always-on‟ data connection that is able to support interactive services including Internet access and has the capability of the minimum download speed of 256 kilo bits per second (kbps) to an individual subscriber.
BSNL has placed Purchase Order to TCIL consortium against tender for turnkey implementation of various network components required for the National Internet Backbone (NIB, Phase II (Project 3) for turnkey implementation of Messaging
and Storage Service platform, Operation Support System
(OSS) & Billing, Security System and Enterprise Management System which
are to be implemented in BSNL, data centers in four cities viz. Bangalore (Main, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune (Disaster Recovery. The turnkey implementation involves Planning,
Engineering, Supply, Installation and Testing and Commissioning. The turnkey implementation also involves Operations & Maintenance support on X basis for the network fora period of 6 months after commissioning of the network.
