Work of 2313 km optical fibre cable connecting Chennai and Port Blair completed on record time, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Lauding the work, Prasad said that the Optical Fibre Cable will not only connect Port Blair but also seven other islands. He said that the telecommunication department is trying to install VSAT at 200 locations in Jammu and Kashmir for Digital Satellite Phone Terminals, of which 183 are operational now.