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New Delhi, Sept 5 (ANI): India is helping war-torn Afghanistan to help rebuild its telecommunication services and is also contributing to the development of Nepal.
Telecommunication Consultants India Limited (TCIL), a public enterprise based in New Delhi has been working in Afghanistan since 2001. The company has set up computer education in schools and launched tele-medicine services in Afghanistan.
TCIL also provides training to Afghan government officials for smooth functioning in the offices.
The company trains Afghanistan based doctors through tele-conferencing at its centres based in Lucknow and Chandigarh.
"In 2001 the war was over and India was one of the major players there, TCIL started its journey there in Afghanistan and we started with the computer education and established centers in different places and about 300 top government officers they were trained in computer and computer related education. That was the first beginning", said Vimal Waklu, Chairman and Managing Director, TCIL.
TCIL has also launched Microwave services worth USD 3.5-4 million which helps to increase the bandwidth services in the country.
The microwave network is connecting different parts of Afghanistan to capital Kabul. CDMA for mobile was also rolled out by TCIL in about 11 provinces of Afghanistan.
Despite the threats posed by the Taliban, the company has been working in Afghanistan to improve telecommunication services.
"At the time of roll out of main network also CDMA etc. our people were even captured by some of the people over there. Of course it was possible to release them also and they were caught in cross firing also. There is an incident related by one of our engineers right now he is in Ethiopia he narrates how when he was working for TCIL in Afghanistan he was given gun by the American Army that you have to defend yourself and nobody can defend you. They taught him how to use the gun," added Waklu.
India has contributed about USD 750 million since 2002 to Afghanistan and these funds are invested for the improvement in health, education and infrastructure development.
India helps build telecommunication services in Afghanistan and Nepal , AniNews.in
Telecommunication Consultants India Limited (TCIL), a public enterprise based in New Delhi has been working in Afghanistan since 2001. The company has set up computer education in schools and launched tele-medicine services in Afghanistan.
TCIL also provides training to Afghan government officials for smooth functioning in the offices.
The company trains Afghanistan based doctors through tele-conferencing at its centres based in Lucknow and Chandigarh.
"In 2001 the war was over and India was one of the major players there, TCIL started its journey there in Afghanistan and we started with the computer education and established centers in different places and about 300 top government officers they were trained in computer and computer related education. That was the first beginning", said Vimal Waklu, Chairman and Managing Director, TCIL.
TCIL has also launched Microwave services worth USD 3.5-4 million which helps to increase the bandwidth services in the country.
The microwave network is connecting different parts of Afghanistan to capital Kabul. CDMA for mobile was also rolled out by TCIL in about 11 provinces of Afghanistan.
Despite the threats posed by the Taliban, the company has been working in Afghanistan to improve telecommunication services.
"At the time of roll out of main network also CDMA etc. our people were even captured by some of the people over there. Of course it was possible to release them also and they were caught in cross firing also. There is an incident related by one of our engineers right now he is in Ethiopia he narrates how when he was working for TCIL in Afghanistan he was given gun by the American Army that you have to defend yourself and nobody can defend you. They taught him how to use the gun," added Waklu.
India has contributed about USD 750 million since 2002 to Afghanistan and these funds are invested for the improvement in health, education and infrastructure development.
India helps build telecommunication services in Afghanistan and Nepal , AniNews.in
