Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) technology, a pivotal component required for broadband connectivity over optical fiber, which has been indigenously designed and developed by the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), will be transferred to manufactures on Monday. 

“The C-DOT GPON technology is targeted for fiber expansion in the country to fulfill the requirements of major national programs such as national optical fiber network (NOFN), state wide area network (SWAN) and broadband connectivity in rural, north-east, tribal areas, as well as expansion of networks of defence, railways networks on optical fiber and many other strategic networks,” union ministry of communications and information technology said in a release. 

The technology can be used to provide a future proof broadband solution to village panchayats and take the benefits of e-education, e-governance, e-commerce and e-medicine and a whole gamut of e-services, to the rural and urban populace with all its attendant empowerments and multiplier effects leading to a significant growth in the GDP. 

The GPON technology has been tested, validated, field evaluated and then became operational in the BSNL Network at Ajmer, Rajasthan and is being transferred to seven public and private manufacturers. “Thus, a requisite production infrastructure has been set-up for state-of-the-art technology manufacturing in the country with associated eco-system through a comprehensive C-DOT transfer-of-technology package, which have been the hallmark for converting R&D concept from lab-to-manufacturing and then to the field deployments to fulfill the objectives of NTP-2011,” ministry further said. 

C-DOT, established in the year 1984 under ministry of communications & IT, is an autonomous R&D telecom technology centre to develop state-of-the-art telecom technology to meet the needs of the Indian telecom network.