Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: IT Minister Rohan Khaunte said that the Government is in process of laying the fresh OFC network under GBBN 2.0 that shall also include fiber to home.
“The Government is in process of laying the fresh OFC network under GBBN 2.0 that shall also include fiber to home. The department has appointed a consultant M/s KPMG to prepare EOI document, RFP document and bid management,” said Khaunte
He further said that the GBBN project expired on 31st July 2019 and currently the project is in extended phase and that the Government intends to come up with a revenue model.
“There is no Failure of existing Goa Broadband Network Government through Goa Broadband Network (GBBN) project has already connected 191 Village Panchayats on Fibre Optic,” he added
Khaunte said that the the project is governed under strict Service Level Agreement (SLA) which are being audited, monitored by Third Party Audit (TPA) agency Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Software Technology Parks of India.
He said that the Government of Goa (GoG) has received the fund under scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment for 2022-23 towards capital projects from GOI under which the department is in process of taking a project to lay the Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) network which shall cover each and every villages including reaching fibre to home.
“The Goa Broadband Network (GBBN) project was implemented on Build Own Operate (BOO) Model through M/s United Telecomm Ltd (UTL) with the financial outgo or Rs.218.03 Crores over a period of 10 years which was paid based on the service level agreement on quarterly basis and No central funding has been received for the GBBN project,” he added
