RailTel: A Platform for Digital Inclusion in India

Case Code: BSTR571
Case Length: 15 Pages
Period: 2000-2019
Pub Date: 2019
Teaching Note: Available

Price: Rs.400
Organization: RailTel
Industry: -
Countries: India
Themes: Digital Inclusion, Digital Strategy, Digital India, Digital Entrepreneurship, Smart Cities, Sustainable Digital Inclusion, Digital Inclusion Platform, Corporate Social Responsibility, Public-Private Partnership, Financial Inclusion

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Background Note

RailTel had its genesis in the 1980s when Indian Railways (IR) aimed to create its own communication systems to increase its circuit efficiency. The existing systems of overhead telephone lines, quad cables, and microwave (MW) signaling, supported by 1970s technology, were on the verge of becoming obsolete. Moreover, IR had to depend upon the Department of Telecom, for its control and administrative communication circuits between railway stations...

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