NEW DELHI, November: The capacity of NIC micro earth stations, connecting the 25 state capitals of the Country with NICNET, is to be enhanced from the present 1.2 kilo bits per second (kbps) to 2 mega bits per second (mbps) by July 1993.
This Rs 15-crore project has been undertaken in view of the growing demands on NICNET, which is handling over 1,50,000 transactions every day. The enhancement, providing the State Capitals with the 2 mbps data highway, will increase the capacity and throughput of the network substantially.
Although industries and commercial organizations will be allowed to use the 2 mbps data highway to access NIC databases, priority will be accorded to exporters.