Tulip IT Services Limited (Tulip) has announced that it has been awarded the West Bengal State Wide Area Network Project. The network will be established on the Build Own Operate & Transfer (BOOT) model and the total value of the current component of the bid that has been awarded to Tulip is in excess of Rs. 53 crore.  Tulip IT Services will deploy, manage and operate the entire network for a period of five years.

The scope of the project includes expansion of the existing state infrastructure beyond districts to connect all sub-divisions, block headquarters and gram panchayats, as well as managing operation of the entire network. The network supports data, voice and video, and will enable the state to implement various e-governance initiatives.

This will be a total IP Network based on open standards having scalability and high capacity. On completion of this project, the Government will have an integrated backbone for common citizen services, online monitoring of performance of various promotional schemes, integration of data bases of various government departments, unified communication, etc.