Its been couple of weeks since the ransomware attack of Wannacry virus has shaken the cyber security world. Many devices across the world were affected and it became a global news. A blogpost by eScan antivirus company claimed that the RailTel’s Railwire network at railway stations are the worst hit by Ransomware attack and it was followed by couple of media stories based on the same blogpost. Here we would like to clarify that the blogpost is completely misleading and paints a false picture.
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) holds the future and the competence to transform. Existing technologies are tailor-made to distribute conventional resources but to mine the unconventional ones we need novel technology. Solution lies in indigenous, affordable and easy to access technology. ICT for society should be the driving idea of future innovation.
As of today, RailTel has a commissioned OFC network of about 45000 KM connecting about 4500 Railway stations across India. RailTel is terminating 1 pair of fiber at every Railway station enroute which are spaced at 8-10 Kms to serve Indian Railways. The network diagram showing details of OFC laid, under progress and work proposed is shown in the following diagram:
The story of RailTel begins around the dawn of the 21st century, when Indian Railways understood the need of having a dedicated agency to take up the creation of modern telecom infrastructure within Railways, concentrating its own focus on Train operations. Such agency was the way ahead to develop capacity and capability within Railways.....
RailTel was established with the vision to modernize Railways train control, operations and safety system networks. Over the years, RailTel has implemented various telecom & IT infrastructure projects as well as various value added services for Indian Railways, which has aided in spreading various Railways applications to remote and rural stations thus increasing customer satisfaction. Various services that RailTel has been providing to Indian Railways are mentioned...
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