RailTel Corporation of India has taken up the execution of the mega project of passenger amenity for Indian Railways namely “Installation of Centralized, Networked & Smart Display screens referred as Railway Display Network (RDN) at foot-over bridges, platforms, waiting rooms and concourses at Railway stations. RailTel has set the process in motion by recently floating a tender to select suitable RDN business associates for this purpose of installation of approximately 65000 display screens at around 2000 stations (All A1,A,B,C &D category stations). It is targeted to be installed in the next two years after the award of contract. The project will be implemented and managed by RailTel through selected RDN Business Associate (s) over a period of 10 years which may be extended for another 5 years on mutually acceptable terms and conditions.
RailTel Corporation a ‘Mini Ratna (Category-I)’ PSU is one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in the country owning a Pan-India optic fiber network on exclusive Right of Way (ROW) along Railway track. The company provides broadband telecom and multimedia network across the country.