Public sector company ITI Ltd has bagged one of the two packages of BharatNet Phase II tender, issued by Gujarat Fibre Grid Network Ltd. (GFGNL), for Rs. 1,612 crore.
As part of the BharatNet Phase II project, GFGNL aims to connect 7,500 gram panchayats to blocks through underground optical fibre and extend broadband connectivity to gram panchayats using Gigabit Passive Optical Network. and other equipment.

The gram panchayats to be connected under BharatNet Phase II have been divided into two packages - Package A for 'Rest of Gujarat� and Package B for Saurashtra.

K Alagesan, Chairman and Managing Director of ITI, said: "Under BharatNet Phase II, the GFGNL Package A will be a value addition to ITI�s order book."

ITI was the lowest bidder for GFGNL Package A, while Package B has been bagged by private broadband services provider GTPL Hathway Ltd. BharatNet is a government project aimed at providing high speed broadband connectivity to all the 250,000 gram panchayats in the country in an effort to provide last-mile connectivity.

Recently, ITI has seen a change in its fortunes on the back of government projects and an organisational shift in its strategy wherein it has moved away from manufacturing telephones to managing telecommunications networks.

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