ITANAGAR, Nov 1: With a resolve to realise the ambitious dream of Digital Arunachal, the 1st High Level Telecom Monitoring Committee (HLMC) meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary, Satya Gopal at Civil Secretariat, here today.
The Chief Secretary called for concerted and dedicated work force from all the Telecom Service and Infrastructure Providers in Arunachal Pradesh for last mile connectivity in a remote state like Arunachal Pradesh.
During the meeting the timelines and roadmaps were reviewed in respect of the projects viz., planned 407 VSATs and 1893 towers under BSNL, planned 773 VSATs under BBNL, Optical Fiber Cable laying work under RailTel and 149 planned Towers under Airtel along National Highways. Emphasizing the importance of mobile connectivity, he asked the Telecom Service Providers and Information Providers to not deviate from the set target and timelines which were decided in the meeting.
During the meeting the Committee finalized the Application fees and rental charges for setting up of telegraph infrastructure as per requirement of RoW Guidelines of the State and also resolved issues pertaining to telecom projects in the State.
Further, he assured that the concerned Government departments including District Administrations will provide all necessary support and assistance required to expedite their projects in the Districts.
Divisional Commissioner East/West, Secretary IT &C, Special Secretary IT&C, Director IT&C, representative from MoRTH, Regional Heads of various service providers Airtel, RailTel, NHIDCL, TAIPA, Bharti Infratel Ltd, Vodafone Idea Ltd, Reliance Jio Infocom, BSNL, NETF, ATC Telecom Infrastructure Pvt Ltd and other concerned were present in the meeting.

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