{"id":90622,"date":"2020-08-11T20:54:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16829"},"modified":"2020-08-11T20:54:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:24:28","slug":"prime-minister-launches-submarine-cable-connectivity-to-andaman-nicobar-islandscani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/prime-minister-launches-submarine-cable-connectivity-to-andaman-nicobar-islandscani\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime minister launches submarine cable connectivity to Andaman &#038; Nicobar Islands(CANI)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Prime Minister has launched the submarine optical fibre cable project in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/MLSEGBRH-5Q2aJPhBKmpa_WI2Az5FHtBBjU012sFOo_BL4o4qBikmrzK9rTTXkczEMH9cf-RYUkjaYysxpF_gIFJVbulOI4OHF_BrSaQRE2yrypBh1dYrNrvatU_rjarMVoDoOd5\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Submarine optical fibre cable project<\/strong>: It is a 2,300 kilometre undersea cable that provides better connectivity from Chennai to Port Blair and seven other Islands &#8212; Swaraj Dweep (Havelock), Long Island, Rangat, Hutbay (Little Andaman), Kamorta, Car Nicobar and Campbell Bay(Great Nicobar).<\/li><li><strong>Funding: <\/strong>The connectivity project was funded by the Centre through the Universal Service Obligation Fund(USOF) under the Ministry of Communications.<\/li><li><strong>Implementation: <\/strong>It was executed by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Telecommunications Consultants India Limited(TCIL) was the technical consultant.<\/li><li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>It will improve internet connectivity in the Andaman and Nicobar islands enabling its citizens to use net banking, e-commerce, online education and telemedicine facilities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Submarine communications cable: <\/strong>It is a cable laid on the seabed between land-based stations to transmit telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean and sea.<\/li><li><strong>Universal Service Obligation Fund(USOF): <\/strong>It was set up in 2002 and was given statutory status under the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Act, 2003.<ul><li><strong>Objective: <\/strong>Enabling rural Indians to achieve their fullest potential and participate productively in the development of the nation by virtue of being effectively connected through a reliable and ubiquitous telecommunications network.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Prime Minister has launched the submarine optical fibre cable project in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Facts: Submarine optical fibre cable project: It is a 2,300 kilometre undersea cable that provides better connectivity from Chennai to Port Blair and seven other Islands &#8212; Swaraj Dweep (Havelock), Long Island, Rangat, Hutbay (Little Andaman), Kamorta, Car Nicobar&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/prime-minister-launches-submarine-cable-connectivity-to-andaman-nicobar-islandscani\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Prime minister launches submarine cable connectivity to Andaman &#038; Nicobar Islands(CANI)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731],"tags":[4184,7850],"class_list":["post-90622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bill-and-acts","tag-andaman-and-niccobar-islands","tag-submarine-optical-fibre-cable-project","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704913913},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}