Railtel Corporation of India Ltd

Railtel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL) was established on September 26, 2000 as a Public Sector Undertaking. RCIL was established for modernizing the existing telecom system for train control, operation, safety and to generate additional revenues by creating nationwide broadband and multimedia network, laying optical fiber cable using the right of way along railway tracks. Presently, the optic fiber network of RailTel covers over 63000+ route kilometers and covers 7000+ railway stations across India. This infrastructure is complemented by certified TIER III data centers, a MeitY-empanelled cloud platform (RailCloud), and advanced Security and Network Operation Centres. Railtel is a 100% subsidiary of Ministry of Railways. The Indian Government holds a 72.84% stake in RailTel Corporation of India Limited. RCIL, a 'Mini Ratna (Category-I)' PSU is one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in the country owning a Pan-India optic fibre network. RailTel is providing nationwide Broadband Telecom & Multimedia Network in all parts of the country in addition to modernization of Train operations and administration network systems. Apart from these, RCILis providing services in Bandwidth at various granularities, secure and protected OFC Path, 24 strand single mode fibre armoured OFC, Network Engineered for SDH, Edge & access layer by STM1/4,Network enabled for IP, ATM, frame delay, Giganet Ethernet and seamless connectivity. During 2003 the first high speed long distance OFC network connecting three important points in south viz Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad and covering a length of 1957 kms and thereafter 192 kms in Mumbai - Pune and 309 kms in New Delhi - Jaipur Sections, presently it is covering 93 important cities.It has also commissioned first Cyber Cafe on Railway Platform in New Delhi. In 2003-04, OFC works system was commissioned since the formation of RailTel. 14750 Route Kms of OFC system were added till June, 2004. In addition to this, STM-1/4 (155/622 MBPS) System was commissioned on 15319 Route KMs till June, 2004. During the year 2012-13, the core network of RailTel was extended by further 1077 RKMs of OFC leading to a total length of 42099 RKMs by the end of the year. During the year 2015, Company commissioned its second Data Center at Gurgaon. It launched various new services during the year such as Data center & DR services, Tele-presence as a service. It took up the initiative of providing Wi-Fi services at Railway stations. RailTel incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary Company on 12th August, 2014 by the name 'RailTel Enterprises Limited' (REL). It provided Wi-Fi facility at A1 & A category stations comprising of about 400 stations in the country. It commissioned Wi-Fi facility at Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai, &Goa. During the year 2015-16, RailTel launched a project to provide Wi-Fi service at 400 stations in country. Railwire' the retail broadband model was launched and in March 2015, and Mumbai Central Station became the first station to provide Wi-Fi services to its commuters. It started a pilot of this project with two firms across five stations each on Mumbai - Ahmedabad and Allahabad - Manikpur sections. In 2016-17, RailTel upgraded the Mumbai- Chennai DWDM path on 100G capacity on single channel making it one of the few operators in the country to have such network. On top of this network, it upgraded its MPLS network to provide n x 10G capacities on backbone with access routers having multiple of 2.5G/1G capacity. It commissioned 110 stations by Dec'16. By March 2017, it launched Wi-Fi services at 115 stations. RailTel commissioned Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAMS) on existing Railway exchanges to provide Broadband services in 2021-22. Work of Electronic Interlocking at 09 stations commissioned in 2022-23. The Company launched a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Railway Signalling, Telecommunication and Cyber Security training in FY 2024. RailTel Enterprises Limited, a subsidiary company got merged with and into the Company, through the Scheme of Amalgamation, making the said Scheme effective on 27.09.2023 during the FY 2023-24. RailTel Corporation has been conferred with the Navratna Status by the Govt. of India in FY 2025. RailTel recorded significant growth across its Telecom Services and Project Implementation segments in FY 2024-25. Telecom Services generated Rs 1,363 Cr in revenue, driven by NLD, IP-1, MPLS VPN, FTTH (RailWire), RailWire, Data Centre & Cloud Services. RailTel played a pivotal role in national ICT initiatives, connecting 765 research and academic institutions via the National Knowledge Network (NKN) and expanding public Wi-Fi access under PM-WANI. RailTel's Projects segment surpassed Telecom revenue for the first time, reaching Rs 2115 Crore. Major projects included Electronic Interlocking, LTE-R rollouts, IP/MPLS networks, KAVACH, and Tunnel Communication. RailTel drove digital transformation across Indian Railways, implementing NIC e-Office, Video Surveillance (5,000+ stations), HMIS (709 healthcare facilities), and Public Wi-Fi (6,115 stations). Additionally, RailTel secured OTT platform development for Prasar Bharati, Health MIS for BMC Mumbai, and Smart Mining Enforcement for the Government of Madhya Pradesh, reinforcing its leadership in ICT solutions. It implemented the tunnel communication system for the Katra- Banihal section-an extremely challenging terrain that connects the Kashmir valley to the rest of the country in FY25. In FY 2026, RailTel has developed a strong presence across sectors such as Defence, Healthcare, Banking, Mining, Smart Cities, Insurance and Government projects. The company has also onboarded multiple IPTV service providers to offer regional and vernacular content, particularly for subscribers in rural and semi-urban areas. RailTel has been advancing in Tunnel Communication Systems across several critical railway sections, including the Dharam-Banihal Section in Jammu & Kashmir and the Rishikesh - Karnaprayag Section, Sivok - Rangpo New BG Rail Line project and Bhairabi - Sairang New Single line Section of Lumding Division. In addition, RailTel is undertaking Electronic Interlocking and Automatic Block Signalling projects across Indian Railways