Total equipped capacity of 10,52,065 lines ·
	Total number of telephone lines working in Punjab Telecom .8,90,495 lines
	Number of telephone exchanges1004
	Trunk Automatic Exchange(TAX)56Klines
	Subscriber Trunk Dialing facility available from 794 exchanges

All the 17 Districts headquarters and 70 Tehsil Headquarters have been connected with STD facility as on date.

	Inet
	Typical Applications
	Internet
	Paging
	ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
	Cellular

	Fast Call Set Up :- Calls are established in Inet within 1 to 2 secs. Making it particularly suitable for online applications are Credit Card Verification etc.
	Error-free Data Transfer :- Data from one customer premise to the other is transferred virtually error free (BER better than 1 in 10).
	Multiplexed Connection :- X25 connection enables multiple calls to the handled simultaneously, on a single connection to the inet. This matches with the capabilities and requirements of multi user computer systems such as Public Data-base systems and Corporate Management systems etc.
	Low-cost Data Transfer :- The cost of exchange of data within the country and abroad through inet is the lowest amongst the different alternatives. These changes are also independent of distance i.e. they are the same from anywhere within the country.
	International Access :- Inet is connected bothways to all important data networks in other countries. Data Network identification Code (DNIC) of inet for access for networks and data base facilities offered by the international networks.
	Gateways :- Inet Phase II will have both way connectivity to Remote Area Business Message Network (RABMN), High Speed VSAT Network (HYNET). Gateway Packet Switching system (GPSS), Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN),, Internet and the ISDN of the Department of Telecommunications.

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