RailTel Receives Navratna Status

The Navratna Status will help the company in Infrastructure and Business Expansion

New Delhi, Aug 30 RailTel Corporation of India Ltd., a CPSE under the Ministry of Railways, has been granted the Navratna status by Department of Public Enterprise RailTel is the 22nd CPSE to attain Navratna status, marking a significant milestone in the company’s journey.

One of the youngest companies to achieve this honor, RailTelhas reached this milestone within mere 24 years of its establishment. Founded in 26th September 2000 as an in-house telecom service provider for Indian Railways,

RailTel has rapidly evolved into one of India’s largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers and a trusted end-to-end IT & ICT service provider. With the Navratna status, RailTel will now have greater autonomy, enabling it to expand its network through higher capital expenditure allocations. This status will also help RailTel to explore and expand its business ventures internationally.

Commenting on this significant achievement, Sanjai Kumar, CMD/RailTel, stated, “We are thrilled to receive this remarkable recognition. As we step into our 25th foundation year, the Navratna status is the perfect beginning to our silver jubilee celebrations. I extend my sincere gratitude to our parent Ministry – the Ministry of Railways, along with the Ministry of Finance, DPE, DoT, MeitY, other government departments, and our stakeholders for their support and guidance. I would also like to express my deepest appreciation to the entire RailTel team whose hard work and dedication have made this achievement possible.”

RailTel has extensive optical fibre network of 62,000 RKM along the railway tracks, a 21,000 KM citywide access network, 11000+ Point of Presence (PoPs) and 1,100 telecom towers Nationwide. RailTel has also created one of the world’s largest integrated public Wi-Fi networks, offering services at 6,112 railway stations across the country. This robust infrastructure is supported by a Central Network Operation Centre (CNOC) and four region-based Network Operation Centres (NOCs).

RailTel is a unique PSU with telecom licenses (IP-1, NLD, ISP) in-house Tier III data centre services, own Security Operation Centre and MeitY- empanelled cloud services under one roof. The company’s wide-ranging service portfolio includes MPLS VPN, leased lines, tower co-location, data centre services, cloud services, security operation centre services, HD video conferencing, Aadhaar-based authentication systems, e-tendering, retail broadband under the brand RailWire, IT and ICT projects, railway Signalling projects, and many more.