A total of 620 telecommunication terminals of various sizes and
capabilities (excluding NICNET, and VSAT micro terminals) are operating in
INSAT telecommunications network providing 8177 two-way speech circuits. These
include 95 BSNL, 170 for government users and 204 Closed User Group(CUG)/VSAT
operators earth stations and 355 Closed User Group (CUG)/VSAT Operators Earth
Stations. 80 Multi Channel per Carrier(MCPC) VSATs,10 RABMN VSATs and 3100 Ku
Bnad VSATs under HVNET are working with BSNL. Total of 1,02,421 CUG VSATs are
operating through INSAT.
Captive satellite-based networks for National Thermal Power
Corporation, Gas Authority of India Ltd, Nuclear Power Corporation, Indian
Telephone Industries, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, National Fertilizers
Limited and Coal India Limited, DPNET, ERNET, IDRBT, Karnataka Power
Transmission Corporation Limited, ITI, GNFC, West Bengal State Electricity
Distribution Co. Ltd, IOCL, Khazane Net, BPCL, Jai Prakash Industries Ltd.,
Indian Railway Project Management Unit are operational. The National Stock
Exchange VSAT network & BSE Network in extended C-band are operational. A
number of captive government networks are also working with INSAT. More
organizations are in the process of implementing their own captive networks
using INSAT.
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