BSNL Broadband

BSNL Broadband (formerly DataOne)[3] is an Indian Wireline Broadband Operator, operated by the public enterprise BSNL. It provides both wired and wireless broadband services as well as many value added services. BSNL Broadband launched its services on 14 January 2005 as Data One.[4]

BSNL Broadband's Wi-Fi modem

BSNL Broadband

Formerly	DataOne
Type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	January 14, 2005 (2005-01-14)
Headquarters	BSNL Bhavan, New Delhi , India
Area served	India
Key people	Anupam Shrivastava (CEO)
Services	Fixed line telephony Wireless Broadband Wired Broadband Internet Services
Members	22 Million[1] (May 2019)
Number of employees	2,01,066 [2] (2016)
Parent	Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Website	www.bsnl.co.in

BSNL is commissioning a multi-gigabit, multi-protocol, IP infrastructure through National Internet Backbone-II (NIB-II), that provides services through the same backbone and broadband access network. The broadband service is available on digital subscriber line technology (on the same wire that is used for old telephone service), spanning 198 cities.

The services that are supported include always-on broadband access to the Internet for residential and business customers, content-based services, video multicasting, video-on-demand and interactive gaming, audio. In addition, video conferencing, IP telephony, distance learning, messaging, multi-site MPLS VPNs with Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees. The subscribers are able to access the above services through Subscriber Service Selection System (SSSS) portal.

The service is given through Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) based IP infrastructure. Layer 1 of the network consists of a high-speed backbone composed of 24 core routers connected with high-speed 2.0 Gbit/s(STM-16) links.