Bharat Broadband Network Limited

Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), is a Telecom infrastructure provider, set up by the government of India for the establishment, management and operation of National Optical Fibre Network. It is under Telecom department.

BBNL was incorporated as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) under Companies Act of 1956. It was incorporated on 25 February 2012.

On 25 October 2011 the government of India approved the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) to connect all 2,50,000 Gram panchayats (GPs) in the country. Other government companies like C-DOT, TCIL and NIC are working with BBNL on the NOFN Project. The funding of the project is from Universal Services Obligation Fund.

As on April 2013, Gujarat state government has planned to connect all the villages through Fiber optic network. This network will be provided by BBNL and to be used for eGRAM project. BBNL, State government and Central government are part of this project.