Centre awards Kochi-Lakshadweep submarine OFC project to NEC

Japanese conglomerate NEC’s Indian subsidiary has won the Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands undersea optical fibre cable (OFC) link project.

The project was approved by the Digital Communications Commission at its last meeting. The tender for the Rs 1,072 crore project has been hanging fire for long.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) project will lay a dedicated cable system with 200 Gbps initial capacity to connect all 11 islands of Lakshadweep. Projects Today