New Delhi: Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), a Miniratna PSU under the Ministry of Coal, has installed new Server-based IP Telephone Exchanges to provide seamless and unflinching voice connectivity at NCL Headquarters, Nigahi Project and Krishnashila Project with a combined capacity of 3,400 connections.
Communication of voice and data is essential during round the clock Coal Production. It has become even more vital amid COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown when social distancing norms are to be followed and movements are restricted.
These Server-based IP Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange (EPABX Telephone Exchanges) provide 24×7 voice connectivity, video conference for connecting the areas & units and outside regions as well, the facility for calling on the NCL desk phone through Mobile using the GSM network from any place, emergency response system that provides a facility to act instantly in case of an emergency by blasting a message to relevant parties and audio conference of the people involved.
NCL is a subsidiary of the largest coal producer of the world: Coal India Limited (CIL). NCL produces 15 percent of the total coal produced in the country and contributes 10 percent to the total electricity generation of the nation. The company, which is headquartered in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, operates through its 10 highly mechanised opencast mines spread across Singrauli and Sonebhadra districts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
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