AP

AP FIBER GRID
 AP FIBER GRID VISION

To establish a highly scalable network infrastructure, accessible on a non-

discriminatory basis, to provide on demand, affordable and end-to-end broadband
connectivity of 10 to 20 Mbps for ALL households and 1to 10 Gbps for ALL institutions &
Multi-Dwelling Units by 2018, to enable realization of the Vision of Digital AP,
in partnership with the Government of India and the private sector.

AP Fiber Grid is the means through which the vision of Honble Chief Minister, Sri N.Chandrababu
Naidu to make available highly qualitative and affordable digital services (data, voice and video etc..)
to households, Government Ofces and private agencies on demand in the State of AP is going
to be realized.
This endeavour can truly turn the State of AP as Digital AP in the direction of realising the dream of
Digital India. APSFL aims to promote Digital inclusiveness by providing affordable, high-speed
broadband connectivity to households, deepening the reach of Internet in the rural areas. It throws
up immense possibilities for enhancing the quality of life of the people.
The services from AP Fibergrid system can effectively be utilised in education, health, agriculture and
allied sectors and also open up new vistas in e-governance and enables delivering citizen-centric
services in an efcient and transparent way.
The sunrise state of Andhra Pradesh is on a path of sustained double digit growth rate with the aim
of achieving high happiness index for the people of Andhra Pradesh.
The Andhra Pradesh follows a unique development model guided by the vision of Honble Chief
Minister Sri N.Chandrababu Naidu . The development agenda of Andhra Pradesh is driven primarily by
7 Missions, 5 Grids and 5 Campaigns. Fiber Grid is one of the 5 Grids identied by the Government to
harness the power of information resource for making available qualitative and cost-effective IT ,
Communication (data,voice&video) related services to the citizens of A.P.

PHASE - I
SCOPE
Setting up State-Wide High-Speed, optical ber infrastructure leveraging the existing assets of the
electricity transmission/distribution companies such as electric poles/substations etc.
Establishing a scalable infrastructure and network with a business model of Infrastructure as a service
(IAAS) and Platform as a service (PAAS) on a non-discriminatory basis to ISPs, TSPs, MSOs and
content providers etc with their services being extended to the last mile user through PoPs at around
2449 substations and further utilizing the existing LCO network wherever available.
Developing sustainable business models for last-mile operators, and also providing institutional
ecosystem with a platform for delivering products and services.
Providing On-Demand bandwidth of 10 - 15 Mbps for households and 100Mbps-1 Gbps for
Government or private agencies at an affordable price on demand.
Developing a technology ecosystem, conducive of integration with potential national level initiatives
such as the Bharat Broadband and existing initiatives such as the State Wide Area Network and
AP Fiber Grid Phase-II.

PHASE - II
To create a robust and highly reliable optical ber network infrastructure in the State, it is planned to set up
an underground ber network also under Phase-II of AP Fiber Grid Project in due course, after completing
the aerial network. These two networks i.e. aerial and underground will be complementary and will
support each other establishing an extremely dependable network infrastructure that can be utilised in
various sectors and all Mission critical areas towards realization of the vision of Digital Andhra Pradesh.
 FIBER GRID IN ANDHRA PRADESH
The 5 Grids in AP

Power Grid Houses:

Telephone
10 15 mbps
Services
@ Rs 150
Television
Water Grid Businesses:
100 mbps for
Rs.1,000
Internet

Fiber Grid

Road Grid
Intended : 1.3 Cr households
Reach:
: 60000+ Schools
: 6580 PHCs
Gas Grid

AP FIBER GRID - SERVICES

IaaS: Infrastructure As A Service PaaS: Platform As A Service
HEADENDS (CATV/IPTV & ISP) CATV/IPTV Platform
CDN Content Hosting Platform
Application Servers Application Hosting Platform
VOIP Platform
Content Servers
e-Governance
POPs
Mobile Platform
Internet Gateway
Enterprise Platform
Peering & Caching Cloud Platform
Cloud Data Center OSS & BSS
Broadcasters Downlink Stations Ad Server
* All Multi-tenanted platforms

SaaS: Software As A Service

e-Pragati
CAS/DRM
Payment gateway
Messaging software
ERP/CRM
All Cloud enabled Software Services
 AP FIBER GRID - SNAPSHOT
22,500 KMS of 24-Core ADSS Optical Fiber 1.1 Core households (Reach with in 5 kms
cable radius)

3,75,000+. no. of electrical poles 52,000+ Schools (Reach with in 5 kms

radius)
2449 POPs (Point of Presence) in substations 6580 PHCs (Reach with in 5 kms radius)
9928 Local Cable Operators (approx.) 10,000+ Telco Towers (Reach with in 5
kms radius)
837 Multi System Operators (approx.)
10,000+ Government ofces

1.3 TB Capacity Network

NOC locations Vishakhapatnam & Amaravati

AP FIBER GRID BIG PICTURE

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 AP FIBER GRID - DIGITALIZATION ERA
OLT

CATV 1500nm
Scenario 1 Splitter
Tx 1310 nm
Customer Premises Rx1490 nm Extended FTTH
Equipment +
(ONU + IPTV) RF Out Scenario 2
Tx 1310 nm
GPON ONU
CATV
Rx1490 nm
1550 nm
Phone Tx 1310 nm
Rx1490 nm
HD/UHD
TV
STB
PC Phone PC Wi-Fi
TV
Wi-Fi

* Supports existing infrastructure of operators

ARCHITECTURE OF AP FIBER GRID

Legend
Satellite
Channels State Level Networks
Bharat Net AP Aerial Fibre Network
Network
Cable AP Underground Fiber Network
Operators Last Mile Connectivity - Bharat Net & Pvt.
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Zonal Level PoP
EHT SS
33 KV Feeder
Network Sea-Ports
33 KVSS
11 KV Feeder Telecom
Network Services
Local Cable
Operators Distribution
Transformer
Industries
Mandal PoP

Multi-Service Orgs
LT Line Network
Institutional Users Industries

Customer Premise
Govt. Equipment
GP PoP
School
Govt.
Hospital
Service Operations Network
Last Mile Customer
Centre Operations Network Network
Center

A Service Operations A NOC that will Proposed aerial These Last Mile Availability of
Centre that will allow be capable of ber network Operators through multiple providers
potential providers transmitting leveraging the their networks will will give the end
including video, data, select services assets of the provision the customers the
voice etc. could offer and monitoring energy department services to end option to choose
services that could in the operations of with provision for users. Standards services from any
turn be provisioned the network will PoPs at all existing based CPEs of these services
through the aerial be built sub stations in the capable of providers at the
ber network. This State of AP providing services operations centre
centre will allow them from service all while paying
access to assets for a providers within the same user
fee. the Service fee.
Operations Centre

AP Fiber Net Owned / Operated Assets Last Mile Operator End Customers
Owned / Operated
AP FIBER GRID BUSINESS MODEL
Direct business

Leased lines Carry and drop (dark ber)

Data Centers VPN services

Through MSPs + LMOs

High speed internet Data Storage

E-Learning Movies on Demand
Agricultural Information E-commerce
Video conferencing E-governance
Teleconferencing meeseva / e-seva
Cloud Telco services
Application Software on Cloud CATV / IPTV

800+ MSPs

9000+ LMOs

1.1 Crs Houses

1 Lac+ Ofces

AP Fiber Grid plans to build a unique business model that provides a platform for the
last mile operators, so that they can offer services to the customers at a scale and
price that is in line with the vision of the State Government.
AP Fiber Grid will build and operate various components including a Service
Operations Center, Network Operations Center as well as the Aerial Fiber Network
and also a component connecting this network to the nearest PoP provided.
STAKEHOLDER ECOSYSTEM FOR
AP FIBERGRID PHASE - I
Details of the various categories of stakeholders are described below:

Category Stakeholder

End Users(Urban & Rural) Citizen, Businesses, State Govt. Ofces,

Institutions (Education, PHC etc.), Field Staff

Service Providers to Telecom Service Providers, Internet Service Providers,

end users Multiple System Operators, Local Cable Operators

Implementation Turnkey, System Integrators, Original Equipment Manufacturers

Partners

Funding Agencies Government of Andhra Pradesh, Commercial Banks

Implementing Agency AP State FiberNet Limited

Content Providers Ecosystem partners(Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Akamai etc.)

RoW Providers APSDCL, EPDCL, AP TRANSCO

Statutory Bodies TRAI , DoT, NIXI, Wireless Planning & Coordination, Ministry of
(Licensing) Information and Broadcasting, etc.

AP FIBER GRID STAKEHOLDERS

BANK

Service Providers Consumers CINEMA

MSPs LMOs
Banks
Hospitals
Cinemas
Movie Schools & Colleges
distributors / Public Health Centers
broadcasters Households

Data centers Ofces & business

Telco Towers establishments

Government Ofces
POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES
FROM PHASE - I
Some of the key advantages envisaged to be provided to the beneciaries include:

Citizens Private Sector Government

High-Speed Internet
Broadband Availability of dark ber lease Communication

Affordable Price Online Account Management Video Conferencing

Services on Demand
Networking Broader Service Bouquet Virtual Private

Multi-media Content Infra-on-Demand e-Governance

IP Telephony& Video Services Online Project Monitoring

Cable TV Service

AP FIBER GRID - PARTNER ENGAGEMENT

AP Fiber Grid enrolls LCOs as Last Mile Operators Reaches:

(LMOs) Projected LCO Enrolments: 9000+ House Holds
Schools

AP Fiber Grid enrolls MSOs as Multi Service Providers PHCs

(MSPs) Projected MSPs Enrolments: 800+ Govt. Ofces
VPN for dif. Depts.
Banks
CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) developed in Towers
association with CISCO and Portuguese Telecom
Businesses
AP Fiber Grid to publish and share Design under Open
Standards to all manufacturers
AP FIBER - SERVICES OFFERED TO LCOs
Converting LCOs to LMOs (Last Mile Operators)
CATV / IPTV High Channel Capacity
High Speed Internet 10 Mbps to 1Gbps
Free Basic Fixed Phone
- Free calling within the network (ONNET)
- Chargeable calls Outside the network (OFFNET)
Value Added Services
- Movies on Demand - Access to Ad server
- Utility Bill Collection - Video conferencing
- Content on Demand - Prole based services
- Ecommerce

AP FIBER - AP FIBER -
ROLE OF LCO SUPPORT TO LCO
Activate the customers Real Time Monitoring of network with
Install The STB/CPEs procured from dedicated dashboard
Approved MSO / AP Fiber Billing the customers
Monitor the signals
Dedicated call center
Bill collections
Trouble ticketing
- Online Payment Gateways, wallets
Service support for maintenance of
- Ofine Cash, Cards
networks & CPEs
Maintain the network with support of
AP Fiber Training for maintenance of Networks
& CPE

THE TRANSITION
LCO LMO
LMO With APSFL

- AD Servers
- Content on Demand
LCO - Movie on Demand
- Internet
CATV
- Video Conferencing
- Utility Bill Collection
- Telephony
AP FIBER ADVANTAGE TO MSO
AP Fiber offers MSOs its network to reduce maintenance
overheads by 100% i.e. Zero Maintenance cost
Installation
Real Time Monitoring of network FIBER Maintenance
Dedicated call center Power Charges
Trouble ticketing HEADEND Technical Support
Service support for maintenance of networks Sourcing
& CPEs CONTENT Production
Training for maintenance of Networks & CPE Dependency
Access to Larger area of operations TELECOM Redundancy
Reduced dependency on Telcos for Call Centre
connectivity between different geographical SUPPORT CPEs
areas(City to City)

AP FIBER - SERVICES TO MSOs

Converting MSOs to MSPs ( Multi Service Providers)
Broadcasters packages at rate contract
Internet
Free Basic Fixed Phone
- Free calling within the network (ONNET)
- Chargeable calls Outside the network (OFFNET)
Value Added Services
- Movies on Demand - Ecommerce
- Utility Bill Collection - Access to Ad server
- Content on Demand - Video conferencing
Prole based Services
Personalized Channel(s)

THE TRANSITION
MSO MSP
MSP

Generate revenue by getting access

to premium services such as
- Broadcaster ( rate contract packages)
MSO - AD Servers
- Content on Demand
- Movie on Demand
- Internet
- Video Conferencing
- Telephony
- Supply of CPEs to LMOs.
TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS
HOUSE 1 HOUSE 2

GPON GPON

Fiber Fiber
Customer Premises Customer Premises
Equipment FTTx Box Equipment FTTx Box

RF Ehernet Ehernet

CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT

(CPE) FEATURES
GPON IPTV

Voice Internet

CATV (RF Overlay) Home Gateway (RGW)

COMPONENTS NEED & OPPORTUNITY

Customer Premises Equipment 1.1+ Crs Customer
Customer Premises Equipment x End Users/ Premises Equipments
Customer Premises Equipment + Customers

4.4+ lac kms of Fiber Grid

Splitters AP State
Enclosures FiberNet
Fiber (6 Core, 4 Core, 2 Core) Limited/ 5 lac+ Splitters
Edgequam LMO/
CWDM MSP
Note: Tentative estimates
BLOCK DIAGRAM: TYPE 1 -
CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT X
1550nm
1490nm
GPON 1490nm
1310nm
1310nm
Fiber Optical BIDI-Optical
Connector Demuxer Sub Assembly
(BOSA)
1550nm
GPON
Optical &
coaxial RF Gateway
Connector DDR2
To Electrical

FLASH

SLIC
RJ11 Voice Port
(FxS)

100Mbps or WLAN
RJ45 1000Mbps - 802.11g/n
PHY or 802.11ac

BLOCK DIAGRAM: TYPE 1 -

CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT +
IR for
Remote
BIDI-Optical
Sub Assembly Bluetooth
GPON (BLT)
(BOSA)
GPON MII /
DDRx, 512Mb

DDR2
&
Gateway
GMII
IP TV
( Android/ FLASH, 2GB
1490nm Linux )
1310nm 2x USB 2.0Host
FLASH

HDMI

Analog
Audio & Video
SLIC
RJ11 Voice Port MII
Or GMII
(FxS)

100Mbps or WLAN
RJ45 1000Mpbs 802.11g/n
PHY or 802.11ac
BLOCK DIAGRAMS: IP TV
IR for
RJ45 Remote
MII /
GMII
Bluetooth
(BLT)

DDRx, 512Mb
IP TV
( Android/ FLASH, 2GB
Linux )
2x USB 2.0 Host

HDMI

Analog
Audio & Video

BLOCK DIAGRAM: TYPE 3 -

CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT
GPON 1490nm BIDI-Optical
Fiber Grid 1310nm
Sub Assembly
Connector
(BOSA)

DDR2
GPON
&
Gateway
FLASH

RJ11 SLIC
Voice Port
RJ45 (FxS)

RJ11
100Mbps or
WLAN
RJ45 1000Mpbs 802.11g/n
RJ11 Ethernet or 802.11ac

RJ45 Switch
AP FIBER GRID - STATE LEVEL NETWORK ROUTE DIAGRAM
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