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