KFON Project Launch

Jun 12

Updated 12 Jun 2023

The Kerala Fibre-Optic Network (KFON) project got commissioned and then went LIVE state-wide on 5th June 2023. The Chief Minister of the State, in the presence of other Ministers launched the project. 140 Members of the Legislative Assembly/Counties spread across 14 districts of the State simultaneously launched the KFON project from their respective constituencies.

Several national visual and print media outlets covered the launch.

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High-Level Scope of Work (SoW)

SRIT in consortium with BEL & Railtel put-up the KFON network infrastructure. SRIT’s Scope of Work (SoW) covered:

Build & furnish the Network Operating Centre (NOC) measuring ~3500sq.ft. in Info Park Kochi.
All Infrastructure including non-IT items and CCTV
375 Prefabricated Telecom Shelters along with all Non-IT devices - Electrical work, UPS, AC, Access Control, Security Camera, Racks etc.
Surveyed approximately 50000kms of road-route and more than one million Electricity Poles to identify & ascertain optimum routes for Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) installation.
Carried out optimization of OFC routes in order to ensure that the length of OFC to be laid is optimized.
Designed the network based on the design parameters specified in the RFP. Prepared design drawings of more than 30000kms OFC in GIS platform based on the surveyed data.
Instal more than 30000kms of OFC and splice the same.
Instal more than 8,00,000 cross-arms, 7,50,000 tension-clamps, and 3,80,000 suspension clamps.
Capture details of OFC and thousands of accessories in the GIS platform.
Test OFC and prepare end-to-end documentation like OTDR report, LSPM report for more than 30,000 end-office locations
Verify Test Reports and get approval from the customer’s expert-level Third-Party Auditors.
Prepare As-Built drawings after capturing the details of all materials & equipment installed in the GIS platform.
Prepare Telecom Data Model for automatically identifying the faults, and display such faults in the GIS map for rectifying faults as per SLA & other Ops.Mgt. functions.
O&M for NOC, Telecom Shelters/POPs and OFC for seven (7) years.
Develop & Implement end-to-end Revenue-Cycle-Management Software for managing the revenue, all subscribers, and last-mile service delivery partners.
Develop, Configure, Customize & Implement the GIS platform (ESRI software), Integrated Building Management Software (IBMS) and end-to end Project Management System software.