Railway Ministry signs MoU with C-DoT for modernising telecom facilities

The Ministry of Railways has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Centre for Development of Telematics. C-DOT and the ministry will work together for modernisation of telecommunication in the national transporter for public safety and security services.

Both C-DoT and the Ministry will use LTE-R, a next-gen communications network, dedicated for railway services, enabling high-speed wireless voice and data communications inside trains, from train to the ground and from train to train.

The network will also enable 5G use cases in Indian Railways in line with Make in India policy, Internet of Things (IoT)/Machine to Machine (M2M) applications, Unified Network Management System, OFC Monitoring/Network Management System (NMS), Video Conference Software (VC DOT), chatting application, routers, and switches.

The railway ministry said, “The synergy between C-DOT and the Ministry of Railways will help in providing indigenous affordable telecom equipment and services for train operation, public safety and security applications by lowering the total cost of ownership, boost the 'Make in India' initiative of the Government of India and help in bridging the digital divide in the country.”