Articles about SICN project officially and from media

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Unofficial:

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2004/11/22/stories/2004112200030100.htm
The idea of GSWAN was conceived as early as 2000 and the bulk of the network became operational by 2002. In addition, the Secretariat Integrated Communication Network (SICN), which connects all the offices of the Secretariat through dedicated leased lines for telephony applications, has been integrated with GSWAN. SICN connects nearly 5,500 offices and the daily call flow on the network exceeds 1.25 lakh.


Official:
Gujarat Govt Sites

Gujarat IT POLICY(2006-2011) SICN EXCERT:
http://dst.gujarat.gov.in/pdf/it_policy_2006-2011.pdf
10.2.2 Sachivalaya Integrated Communication Network (SICN) – SICN is the
voice communication network for Government offices at Gandhinagar, which is
connecting almost all the government offices like Krishi Bhavan, Police Bhavan,
Udyog Bhavan, MS Building, Civil Hospital etc. At present with 6800 voice
connections, the project has enabled faster & better communication within the
network at no extra cost to the Government. This facility handles about 1,25,000
internal calls and a further 70,000 calls outside the network each day.

http://financedepartment.gujarat.gov.in/budget08_09_pdf/33%20-%20Development%20Programme%20(English).pdf
Sachivalaya Integrated Communication Network (SICN)
8.5 SICN is a voice communication net work for various Govt. offices in Gandhinagar.
Currently this net work connects a large number of Govt. offices including the
residence of Hon. Ministers, Krushi Bhavan, Police Bhavan, Udyog Bhavan, MS
Building, Civil Hospital, etc. For this purpose SICN utilizes Optical Fiber Cables
(OFC), jelly field cables, CAT cables, etc. Currently there are 7532 voice
connections provided under SICN. For this purpose, 380 outgoing and 120 incoming
lines have been provided. This project has rendered quality communication services
to the Sachivalaya and various HoDs in Gandhinagar. In addition, SICN has
provided telecommunication services to various Govt. offices in Gandhinagar in an
economical manner


Central Govt Sites:
http://www.csc-india.org/info/files/downloads/pdddocs/egov/CSC_Services_Analysis_Gujarat_Report.doc


SICN Sachivalaya Integrated Communication Network
State-of-the-art EPABX of 5100 subscribers, CCTV, Inmersat telephones for disaster communication, video conference facility attached with EPABX with multi conference unit, and data communication back bone. Some of the points kept into consideration were number of users and the coverage area.
Has been completed and very much in operation with high traffic figures of
Average 1,25,000 calls are made within the network every day;
Average 60-70,000 calls made out side the network every day and
Average 40,000 calls are incoming every day.
http://www.ibef.org/download/IBEF_GUJARAT_26052008.pdf

http://www.pppinindia.com/infrastructure-gujarat.asp
Secretariat Integrated Communication Network (SICN) has more than 7,500 voice connections.


Other News headlines:

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/court-seeks-list-of-mps-not-paying-phone-power-bills_10080793.html
Court seeks list of MPs not paying phone, power bills
Counsel also submitted that the agencies have no difficulty in recovering money from sitting MPs but it was a problem in case of those who are no more a MPs and have dues running into millions of rupees.
Counsel for the ITDC said a total of Rs.10 million was pending against 244 MPs and it had initiated proceedings against 37 MPs.
The NDMC’s lawyer informed the court that the unpaid bills of MPs added up to Rs.50 million though he did not mention their number.
The MTNL counsel said MPs owed it Rs.60 million.