POWERGRID bags "Emerging Telecom Infrastructure Provider" Award

POWERGRID Corporation of India Ltd., a Navratna PSU in the Power sector has been conferred with “Emerging Telecom Infra- structure Provider“Award at the INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Awards 2010. POWERGRID has been chosen for this prestigious award in the infrastructure category for the 2nd consecutive year having also won the award for “Utility Providing Best Telecom Infrastructure“last year. The Award was conferred upon POWERGRID recently by Dr. J. S. Sarma, Chairman, TRAI in the presence of P. J. Thomas, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) & Chairman, Telecom Commission and other dignitaries at a grand function organised by CMAI Association of India in New Delhi.

With the vision to bridge the digital divide in the country and ensure that benefits of information revolution reach the entire length and breadth of the country, POWERGRID, a Power Transmission company has diversified into Telecom utilising its right of way on its power transmission network in the country through its Telecom brand, POWERTEL.