- DIMAPUR — The first Telecom Maintenance Study
Group (MSG) meeting of Indian Railways was held on June 6 and the 7th at the
headquarters of Northeast Frontier Railway, Maligaon.
Officials from different railway zones during the first
Telecom Maintenance Study Group meeting of Indian Railways.
- The event was organised under the guidance of the Additional
Member (Telecom), Railway Board and Research Designs & Standards
Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow, marking a significant milestone in the evolution
of maintenance practices and health monitoring of modern communication systems
within Indian Railways, the NFR stated in a press release.
- The two-day conference served as a comprehensive platform
for the exchange of best practices, innovative methodologies, and emerging
technologies in telecom maintenance across Indian Railways.
- Discussions focused on several key areas, including
automated trouble ticketing systems for telecom equipment, asset monitoring
through interactive dashboards, maintenance of Mobile Train Radio Communication
(MTRC) OSS and data centre operations at both divisional and zonal levels.
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- Emphasis was also placed on tracking performance metrics
such as Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), which
are vital for assessing operational efficiency.
- Targeted sessions were conducted on maintenance strategies
for major telecom assets like optical fiber networks, telecom towers, video
surveillance systems (VSS), IP-MPLS networks and Integrated Passenger
Information Systems (IPIS), all of which play a critical role in modernizing
communication infrastructure.
