Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has partnered with local cable operators (LCOs) in Andaman Nicobar Islands to launch its Bharat Fibre services which will provide internet and voice services to customers in the region.

As per BSNL, provision of broadband services in the region is not feasible due to non-availability of copper cable across the islands. Since the Bharat Fibre services are provided on optical fibre right up to the customer premises, reliability and better quality of services to the customers can be assured.

To this end, partnering with local cable TV providers will prove beneficial since they have access to almost all households in the region.

Meanwhile, BSNL is also implementing government funded submarine cable project in Andaman Nicobar Islands with an aim to further increase the internet bandwidth available to its customers in the region.