Why RailWire Broadband Now?
The Main Objective of National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012:Provide affordable and reliable broadband-on-demand by the year 2015
and to achieve 175 million broadband connections by the year 2017 and
600 million by the year 2020 at minimum 2 Mbps download speed and
making available higher speeds of at least 100 Mbps on demand.
Striving towards Govt. of India aim by 2020 to become the worlds
leading digital economies by deep penetration of high speed Broadband
to each & every home, its the suitable time to venture in retail
broadband service.
RailWire is a retail Broadband initiative of the RailTel Corporation of India
Limited (RailTel), a Government of India Enterprise, with a mission to make
available "ICT to Common Man" & "Internet, Education and Health Services
to Masses".
Introduction RailWire Broadband
RailWire is a retail broadband initiative of RailTel for extending
broadband and application services to the public including remote areas
(in association with Local Cable Operators and other access network
providers, by utilizing their last mile).
RailTel aims to provide Retail Broadband & Value added services, VPN &
Enterprise Business, CDN Services, Cloud Services etc through RailWire
Platform.
RailTel Targets to connect at least 10% of total Cable home subscriber
(approx 100 million users).
Concept of RailWire
Utilizing the
existing
infrastructure
of LCOs
Network
LCO OWNED
NETWORK
END RAILWIRE
CUSTOMERS
LCO 1
RAILTEL
BACKBONE
NETWORK
RAILTEL
CITY ACCESS
NETWORK
RAILTEL
LOCAL N/W
LCO 2
LCO 3
LCO
OWNED
NETWORK
END RAILWIRE
CUSTOMERS
Concept of RailWire..
Glimpse of
existing
infrastructure
of LCOs
Network
Coaxial Cable
Network
Concept of RailWire..
MPLS
Billing
MPLS
PE Switch
OSS /BSS/CRM
Hosted by RailTel
BRAS
SDH / Carrier
Ethernet Ring
Radius
Subscriber
LCO Network
RailWire Business Model
MSP
RailTel
ISP
Bandwidth
Core Network
Aggregation Network
Centrally Hosted
OSS/BSS/CRM IT
Solution
Managing
Entire
Operation
Managing Billing System
Managing customer care
system
24X7 Partner / Customer
care center
Managing CRM system
Network Monitoring
Marketing
MOU Coordination
LCO
Network
establishment
from LCO control room to
customer end
Collection of application
from with address and ID
Proof
Collecting
monthly
payment
Top up subscriber account
Verification of subscriber
address and ID Proof
RailWire Business Model
RailTel
ISP
Bandwidth
Core Network
Aggregation Network
Centrally Hosted OSS/BSS/CRM IT Solution
Local Cable Operator (LCO)
Network establishment from LCO control room to customer end
Collection of application from with address and ID Proof
Collecting monthly payment
Top up subscriber account
Pay collected amount to RailTel after deducting LCO Share
Verification of subscriber address and ID Proof
RailWire Business Model cont.
Managed Service Partner (MSP)
Managing Entire Operation
Managing Billing System
Managing customer care system
24X7 Partner / Customer care center
Managing CRM system
Network Monitoring
Marketing
MOU Coordination
Revenue Management & Reconciliation with all partners
MSP
RailWire-Revenue Sharing Model
S/No
Network/Other Service Provider
Entity
% of AGR per Entity
RailTel
40
MSP
RailTel
15
LCO/Franchisee
40
ISP License Holder, Band Width
Provider, Aggregation Network
Provider
2
3
4
Managed Service Partner
Managed Service Provider
(OSS/BSS/IT Solution)
Access Network Provider
Typical ConnectivityRailWire to LCO
(Fiber Connectivity)
Typical ConnectivityRailWire to LCO
(RF Connectivity)
Typical Connectivity --LCO to End RailWire Customers
EOC- Ethernet Over Coax
Typical Connectivity --LCO to End RailWire Customers
EOC- Ethernet Over Coax
Typical Connectivity --LCO to End RailWire Customers
Metro Ethernet Technology
Typical Connectivity --LCO to End RailWire Customers
GEPON Technology
Investments for LCOs
Investment for LCO
24 Port Manageable Switch at 10500/ Media Convertor 1 Pair @ 4000/-
Unmanageable Switch at building premises @700/ Cat5/6 Cable from Building switch till
customer premises @14/m
Fiber from control room till distribution switch @6 9 /m
Investment for LCO
UPS ( 8 hrs at Control room and 3 Hrs in field level)
Crimping tool @700
RJ45 Jack 100 Nos @300
Master Modem ( Up to 40 customers) @3100
Slave Modem @2100
Diplexer @300 - 400
Link Establishment
RailWire team will Coordinate with RailTel team and LCO, and provision Link at
the nearest RailTel POP
LCO/Aggregator carry the link to LCO/Aggregator Control room by using Media
convertor or SFP
Install Manageable
Switch in Partner Control
Room and terminate
the
Aggregation network in the switch
At this control room partner should maintain minimum 8 Hrs UPS backup
Our last mile network design is capable of upgrading to 10G capacity
The last mile partner and RailWire team will coordinate for last mile network
design and completion
Metro Ethernet Technology
If customer Premises is within 60m-90m from control room direct connectivity
can be given to customer using Cat 5/6 cable.
If customer premises is more than 90m distance, establish link to the building
through fiber and terminate at distribution switch installed in the building.
From the distribution switch connect the customer using cat6/5 cable
Using media convertor and unmanageable switch further cascading shall be done
If power source not available at the distribution point, using power convertors
and utilizing the cable TV network power we can provide power for internet
accessories
EOC- Ethernet Over Coax
Install a Master modem in LCO control room ( Coax Network Starting point)
using cat5/6 cable establish the link from access switch to the master modem
TV and Internet signal will get mixed in the master modem and it will get
transmitted to the customer end slave modem
If the distance between master modem and slave modem is more than 1000M
signal has to be repeated by installing additional master modem
From the Slave modem connect TV using coax cable and using cat5/6 cable
establish the internet signal to PC
RailWire Radius Billing
& Accounting System
Signing up a LCO with RailWire
Fill PIF form and submit to RailWire team
RailWire will check feasibility
If Feasible, LCO has to submit the below documents
Ration Card/ Rental Agreement/ Driving License (Address Proof)
VOTER ID/Aadhar Card (ID Proof)
PAN Card
Passport Size photo graph
Company seal & Letterhead
Service tax ( If required)
Post office license certificate
RailWire prepares the MOU and get Signed by LCO and RailTel
At the time of signing MOU,LCO need to give one cheque of Rs 10,000/-.
LCO will be registered with RailWire Billing System & get User Name & Password.
Deposited Amount of Rs 10,000/- will be credited to its account as virtual money.
Glimpse of RailWire Billing System
LCO Home page
RailWire Subscriber Account
KYC Document of End RailWire Subscriber will be collected by respective
LCO.
End RailWire Subscriber will be registered with User Name & Password in
billing system.
Respective LCO will have authorization to top up its end RailWire Subscriber.
LCO will be top up the account of its RailWire Subscriber through its available
balance (Rs 10,000) equal to amount of plan chosen by subscriber.
Once Subscriber top up is done, subscriber will become active
Glimpse of End RailWire Subscriber TOP UP
Subscriber Activation.
Once Subscriber top up is done, subscriber will become active
Subscriber account will de activated after expiry of 30 days.
Before 5 days of Expiry an SMS and mail intimation will go to the customer
Partner can view the list of customers Account Expiry in that particular Week
Partner need to collect subscription fee from subscriber and top up subscriber
account to avoid disconnection.
Glimpse of Subscriber Report
Prepaid Accounting
System & Reconciliation
of Revenue Share
Details
Credit (+) Debit (-)
Deposit to RailTel 10,000
Customer 1
0
300
Customer 2
0
500
Customer 3
0
1200
Customer 4
0
300
Customer 5
0
500
after end of week
Revenue Share
1120
Available Balance with LCO
Balance
10,000
9,700
9,200
8,000
7,700
7,200
Remarks
Via Cheque or RTGS/NEFT
Subscriber Top up as per plan
Subscriber Top up as per plan
Subscriber Top up as per plan
Subscriber Top up as per plan
Subscriber Top up as per plan
8,320
LCO Revenue Share Rs 1120/- @
40% of total subscriber Top up
debited from its account
(300+500+1200+300+300 = Rs 2800)
8,320
