AGARTALA, Nov 24 (TIWN): Tripura’s aim to emerge as the Third internet gateway is not a far away as DGM (CFA) U.C. Bhowmick assured that the optical fibre laying work is scheduled to get complete by January 2016.Talking to TIWN, DGM (CFA) U.C. Bhowmik assured that Optical fibre laying is undergoing in full swing and by January 2016 the work will be fully completed.He further said that the heavy machineries and equipments which are suppose to arrive from abroad have already reached to Guwahati and the process for catering to the state from Guwahati is underway.The much waited project of Internet Bandwidth from Bangladesh’s submarine cable for the up gradation of the internet services of the State seems to get connected in few days as the authority is busy in laying the submarine cable line upto Akahura in full swing.It is to be mentioned here that union Communication and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad laid the foundation stone for an international internet gateway through Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.Agartala, Tripura's capital city, would be the third international internet gateway in India after Mumbai and Chennai.India-Bangladesh surplus under-sea internet bandwidth (10 Gbps) sale agreement was signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic June 2015 visit to Dhaka in presence of Hon. Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. India and Bangladesh signed pact on sharing Internet bandwidth as a result of which the submarine cable providing Net to Bangladesh will travel to Agartala from Cox's Bazar via Brahmanbaria. Bangladesh has agreed to sell off its unused submarine Internet bandwidth to India's state owned BSNL for $ 1.2 million (Rs 7.7 crores) a year.

The agreement will be for four years and India will gain 10 Gbps (gigabits per second) bandwidth in the first year with a provision for this to go up to 40 Gbps per second in the subsequent years. India is going for purchasing this surplus unused bandwidth from Bangladesh to develop the IT industry in Northeast.

Agartala could emerge as the hub of the IT industry in Northeast India if the State Government moves fast enough to create necessary infrastructures. Tripura will get 10Gbps (Giga bits per second) Internet Band With from Bangladesh’s submarine cable for the up gradation of the internet services of the State.

As per the guideline, equipments which are used in setting up for international gateway submarine cable require to the supply to BSNL Tripura SSA at the earliest.

High bandwidth Internet is a must for survival of every sector of IT Industry as it needs to connect to worldwide over Internet 24x7 365 days a year.  Seamless internet connectivity, uninterrupted power is basic necessity for developing a successful IT Hub.