NEW DELHI: The Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL), which has been designated as the Telecom Service Provider for the Commonwealth Games 2010, is to get a budget of Rs 1.82 billion.

According to a cabinet decision today, MTNL will establish an exclusive and dedicated telecommunication network to be obtained on Wet Lease inclusive of supply, installation, testing, commissioning, operation and maintenance and providing professional services.
 
The main objective of this project is to provide a robust, effective and fail-proof system of telecommunication. This system will cater to the requirement of high definition broadcast signal, transmission of Games and security data between Sports venues, International Broadcasting Centre, Main Press Centre, Master Control facilities, etc.

The proposed network will comprise two separate networks. One network - Broadcast Network (BN) - will provide an exclusive coverage for video application to facilitate Uncompressed High Definition Studio to Studio, video transport from stadium to IBC and Cable Access TV (CATV) Broadcast Network. 
 
The other network - Managed Data Network (MDN) – will provide coverage to all Games Applications, Administrative and Games Real Time Application, Video Surveillance for security agencies, Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Internet Services at all the designated venues along with the management system.

MTNL has planned network with multiple redundancy using high capacity Internet Protocol / Multi Protocol Label Switching (IP / MPLS) Technology. MTNL would also provide Dark Fibre along with IP/MPLS at no cost to the government.