RailTel has completed a glorious journey of 20 years and to mark the occasion of 21st Foundation Day a virtual get together, connecting 500+ employees across the country was organized. Sh. Puneet Chawla, CMD RailTel and Sh. A.K. Chopra, the first MD and founder of RailTel addressed and interacted with the RailTel team in this event.
Addressing RailTel family on this occasion, Sh. Puneet Chawla, CMD RailTel, said” It is a matter of pride for all us that despite steep competition we have managed to register a steady growth and our hard work has made RailTel feature in the Fortune next 500 list. Sh Chawla also added that “Now we need to focus on maintaining the momentum and focus on Railwire and our Digital services to keep the profit high. We also need to expand our network to meet the market demand”
Sh. A.K. Chopra, in his address, shared the fascinating story of how RailTel was formed and registered in a very short notice. He thanked the 42-member founding team of RailTel whose dedication laid a strong foundation stone for the company. He shared that it was his dream that RailTel will become an enabler bringing internet service to every village and provide content on moving train through Wi-Fi. He expressed his happiness on how RailTel is continuously working towards fulfilling the vision of bridging the digital divide. Sh. Chopra also congratulated the present team of RailTel for keeping the RailTel flag higher than ever.
About RailTel
RailTel Corporation a “Mini Ratna (Category-I)” PSU is one of the largest neutral telecom services providers in the country owning a Pan-India optic fiber network covering all important towns & cities of the country and several rural areas. Along with a strong a reliable network of 57000+ RKM of Optic fibre, RailTel has two tier III data centers as well, RailTel is at the forefront of providing nationwide Broadband Telecom & Multimedia Network in all parts of the country in addition to modernization of Train operations and administration of network systems for Indian Railways. With its Pan India high capacity network, RailTel is working towards creating a knowledge society at various fronts and has been selected for implementation of various mission-mode Govt. of India projects in the telecom field. RailTel offers a bundle of services like, MPLS-VPN, Telepresence, Leased line, Tower Co-location, Data center services etc, RailTel is a pioneer in transforming Railway stations into Digital hub by providing public Wi-Fi at major Railway stations. Currently 5740+ stations are live with RailTel’s RailWire Wi-Fi.