Hughes Communications India Wins Major Order to Connect
Police Stations in Jarkhand
17 September 2012
Hughes Communications India, Ltd. has been chosen by NIIT Technologies to
connect police stations across the state of Jharkhand under the prestigious
Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) project, a mission-mode
project part of India's National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), one of India's
largest e-governance initiatives.
The equipment order value is Rs 16.7 million with a 4 Mbps recurring bandwidth
requirement.
The project will link the State and National Crime Records Bureaus, creating a
central records database that can be accessed in real-time from any police
station across the country, greatly enhancing police efficiency in the detection
and prevention of crimes. HCIL will provision the network with the assistance of
a service provider (engaged centrally by MHA/NCRB), providing multicast and
unicast satellite IP connectivity to 400 locations across the state using high
performance and robust Hughes broadband satellite terminals.
Vice President and Business Head of the Enterprise Division at HCIL, Shivaji
Chatterjee said, "We feel extremely privileged that NIIT Technologies has
chosen HCIL for the CCTNS project, which is of crucial importance to homeland
security. We look forward to jointly leverage our expertise and best practices
to deliver a solution that provides for the most effective and efficient
policing."
The contract underlines HCIL's capability and leadership in providing secure
and high availability connectivity through its award-winning satellite
networking technology and services.
