Central government owned telecommunications service provider BSNL has recognised Jamshedpur as its largest business area in the fibre to the home (FTTH) internet sector in Jharkhand circle.

According to Sanjeev Verma, general manager, BSNL’s Jamshedpur secondary switching area (SSA), there are around 36,925 FTTH connections in the state and the bulk of these are in Jamshedpur (16,367), which is nearly 44 per cent, followed by Ranchi (8,598) which is nearly 23 per cent.

“It is a proud moment for all of us to state that because of the huge response received from the citizens of Jamshedpur, around 45 per cent of the total growth of FTTH in Jharkhand circle is because of Jamshedpur. As a result , recently Jamshedpur has been officially designated as the largest business area in Jharkhand circle in FTTH,” said Verma.

According to data shared by BSNL, there are 1.6 million FTTH customers in India and every month around 1 lakh connections are being added.

“BSNL’s Bharat Fibre service is a true enabler in synergisng the work from home culture along with seamlessly providing e-education or ability to connect with each other. It has received good response across country,” said a senior BSNL official.

There has been an 80 per cent increase in the new FTTH provisioning in the current financial year. From a monthly average connection figure of 724 in financial year 2020-21, the monthly FTTH connection has increased to 1,336 in financial year 2021-22. It is targeted to increase to 2000 per month as per the revised target given to Jamshedpur by BSNL headquarters.

To boost FTTH services across three districts of East Singhbhum, Seraikela-Kharsawan and West Singhbhum (which falls under Jamshedpur business area) FTTH services are provided in Jamshedpur city, Adityapur, Mango, Parsudih, in addition to rural areas and in Chandil, Ghatshila, Mosaboni, Dhalbhumgarh, Bahragora, Seraikela, Chaibasa, Noamundi, Meghatuburu. There are plans to provide the service at Chowka, Sini, Gua, Manoharpur, Chakradharpur along with augmentation in city infrastructure.

BSNL has tied up with multiple telecom infrastructure provider for different areas.