At present, many times internet service comes to a halt due to ongoing development projects and poor or low OFC quality. Many times it takes a lot of time for telecom companies and ISPs to repair damaged cables or sometimes these cables get damaged on their own due to low quality. Due to this, customers not only face problems but telecom companies also lose money.
To end this time, DOT is going to create new standards for optical fiber cables in which new generation cables will be used so that they do not get damaged and can also be recovered quickly. Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC) under DoT is working on this subject and new guidelines may soon come for companies.
Cables have to be changed every 3 years
According to the report of The Financial Express, a government official said that currently there are 2,600 internet service providers in India and the quality of OFCs laid by them is not very good. The official said that these cables remain good for a maximum of 3 years. After this they have to change companies. Currently, legacy variants like G652D fiber are mostly used in India. One problem with this is that when the fiber is bent or twisted, the signal strength reduces, which affects the network speed.
Total length of optical fiber spread across the country
According to the Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA), the total optical fiber length deployed in the country as of June 30 was 3.73 million kilometers, up from 2.8 million kilometers at the end of September 2022. After the 5G rollout, the pace of fiber deployment is happening at a monthly average rate of 1,01,550 kilometers.
