HIMSWAN (Himachal State Wide Area Network) proposes to establish a minimum of 2 Mbps connectivity up to the block level through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. This bandwidth may increase in phases to 16 mbps from one district to another and from district headquarters to the State capital.By setting up Himachal State Wide Area Network (HIMSWAN), the State Government intends to modernize the communication infrastructure in the State to create a State of the art and reliable network for G2C, G2E, G2B and G2G interfaces.The Project is aimed at providing HIMSWAN link to Government Offices and Integrated Community Service Centers at State, District, Sub-Divisional, Tehsil and Block headquarters in Himachal Pradesh. There will also be adequate bandwidth provision to meet the increasing demands of data, voice and video transmission HIMSWAN will connect Sub Division/ Tehsil/ Block headquarters to respective District headquarter and District headquarters to State headquarter i.e. STPI Building, SDA Complex, Shimla-9. The offices of Industries Department will be connected to the nearest POP ( Tehsil / Sub-tehsil / Block headquarters) with Wireless Technology, MLLN or XSDL.

Missions and Objectives of HIMSWAN:-
 The principal objective of the HIMSWAN is to accelerate the growth and use of Information Technology by creating a infrastructure that is
     used to provide all connectivity and services not only to Government but also to citizens,over a period of time,rapidnarrowing of digital
    divide and promoting all pervasive use of IT in all matters of State
 To establish a State Wide Area Network that would serve as the backbone network for the data,video and voice communication throughout
    the State.
 HIMSWAN has linked Government offices at Department of Information Technology (DoIT) called as the State Head Quarter (SHQ), District
    Head Quarter (DHQ) and Tehsil Head Quarters (THQ).
 State Data Center has been created at State Head Quarter (SHQ).
 HIMSWAN is using a suitable topology, state-of-art technologies and flexibility to expand/upgrade to cover all parts of the state.
 All e-Governance Applications, Communication and IT infrastructure has been linked toIntegrated with HIMSWAN.
 HIMSWAN is based on open standards,scalable with high capacity network to carry data, video and voice tarffic between offices of GoHP
    at State,District and Tehsil/Block level