NWC News Network, Aug. 19 2008, 1230 hrs
Spanco Telesystems and Solutions has recently announced that it has bagged a contract with the Government of Orissa for the deployment of a State Wide Area Network (SWAN) in the state. The Rs 70 crore contract will enable the company to deploy a network which will connect over 300 districts/talukas in the state.
“We are honored to partner with the Orissa Government and strongly believe that this initiative will contribute significantly to its progress as a state. We are happy to deploy our skills and competency for the delivery of relevant day to day services to our fellow citizens. We are confident that the SWAN will increase efficiencies and response times significantly, drive down communication costs for the Government and provide a major impetus to the State’s developmental plans and programs,” said Kapil Puri, Chairman, Spanco Telesystems and Solutions.
The deployment which is a part of the National e-Governance Action Plan (NEGAP) will connect government offices in the State headquarters at Mantralaya to 30 district collector offices and 284 taluka/tehsil offices in the state. It would serve as the core backbone of the State for its various e-governance applications, citizenship initiatives and diverse IT activities.
The project aims at providing a reliable, integrated and robust telecommunications infrastructure catering to high speed and high capacity delivery of voice, data and video transmissions there by improving service delivery and response times. It will enable citizens to make various forms of payments and obtain facilities information as well as Business to Consumer (B-to-C) services from a single location using state-of-the-art technologies.
The company in tandem with ITI will build, operate and own the network, before transferring it to the state at the end of five years. The implementation and operation of the network will see a deployment of over 200 people, most of whom will be locally sourced.
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