POWERGRID offers POWERGRID’s

POWERGRID offers different options for leasing out its Towers to Telcos
for installation of mobile equipments. SMART
TELECOM
POWERGRID TELCOs
TOWER
Scheme-1 SPACE 220 V AC Supply 48 V DC Supply BTS & Antennas
"A move towards
Scheme-2 SPACE 220 V AC Supply / 48 V DC Supply BTS & Antennas Green Energy"
Scheme-3 SPACE 220 V AC Supply / 48 V DC Supply Active Infra. Sharing BTS

Scheme-4 SPACE Bandwidth on Fiber Scheme-1, 2, 3 POWERGRID’s Overview

• A Navaratna Company
• Incorporated in 1989 for transmitting bulk
POWERGRID may assist Telcos for installation of Telecom
power across the country
Equipment on POWERGRID Mobile Tower under the
Installation/ supervision of our experienced staff. POWERGRID may also • Central Transmission Utility of India
Maintenance provide O&M staff for day-to-day Preventive / Corrective
• One of the largest Transmission utilities of
maintenance of system installed on tower.
the world
“POWERGRID’s
• A listed company in India with 57.9%
shares owned by Government of India and
Diversification in Telecom
rest by the public/institutions Mobile Tower Business”
For more information send a mail to telecom-tower@powergrid.co.in POWERGRID has about 2,50,000 transmission towers
• AAA Credit ratings in both domestic and
with subject line telecom tower. mostly located in rural areas. An initiative has been
international domain
taken to explore the possibility of using its transmission
infrastructure to enable mobile connectivity to these
POWERGRID as rural locations by leasing out tower space along
Telecom Service with Power for putting telecom equipment. A pilot
Provider BTS has been made operational on one of the tower in
• Lease Lines (Point to Point the vicinity of Delhi for the past one year without any
Lease Line) power interruption. Necessary regulatory clearance has
• Unified License holder with already been obtained from CERC.
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited ISP, NLD authorization
(A Government of India Enterprise)
• IP registration holder
Corporate Office: “Saudamini” Plot No. 2, Sector-29, Gurgaon (Haryana)-122001
Registered Office: B-9, Qutab Institutional Area, Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi-110016 • MPLS Services
• Tower Business
 Challenges Advantages Arrangement on transmission tower for putting
Major hurdles for Telecom Service POWERGRID with its Mobile Tower can Telecom Equipment & Antennas
Providers for establishing mobile towers in help telecom industry with:
remote areas are:
Non-availability of reliable power supply Reliable Power Supply
in rural area:
Non-availability of reliable Power Supply 99.5% availability of Power supply.
in rural area, making it dependent on DG Hence DG sets are not required.
power, which has high operational cost
and carbon footprint.
Antennas
20-25 mtrs
ROW Issues/ Land leasing Cost Space for outdoor BTS

Mobile operators need to incur cost towards Platforms are placed at height of 7-8 Mtrs on PT

land leasing, towers installation etc. and existing Transmission Tower and therefore, BTS
also have to face local ROW issues. will not get affected from flood etc.
Platform
Site outage during flood and
Reduce effective cost
other natural calamities 7-8 mtrs

Majority of BTS in Rural area are at No dependency on diesel generators

Ground level and will be affected for long and hence low hydro-carbon footprint
duration during floods and less operational cost in
the Telecom operations.

Fiber Connectivity for 4G Data OPGW Fiber connectivity Actual Site Photographs – Pilot
Non-availability of Fiber in rural area.
at Jhatikara Sub-Station (Delhi)
Provides fiber connectivity on towers in
rural areas giving additional benefits which
otherwise not feasible for Telecom
infrastructure providers.
Coercive
actions by Authorities
Multiple Policies/ such as shutting down
Multiple NOCs of operational site,
required from frequent fibre cuts,
various authorities unavailability of
Electricity etc.

Lack of Single
window clearance/ Retrospective
Challenges
Time-Consuming Implementation of
cumbersome
Faced by IP
State Tower Policies ONE STOP SOLUTION
procedure

Restriction on
High incidence
Location of
on Taxes such as
Cell Tower / Difficulty in
Entry Tax,
New Site Acquisition/
Property Tax
Problems in Row
etc.
Clearance