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Big Change In BharatNet Project For Last-Mile Broadband Connectivity: Sources
The Narendra Modi cabinet on Friday has approved Rs 1.39 lakh crore for the BharatNet Project, its biggest rural telecom project to enhance the country's rural internet connectivity.
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Elon Musk's Starlink High-Speed Internet Service Eyes India, Faces Resistance From Reliance Jio Over Auctions
Elon Musk is eager to bring his Starlink satellite broadband to India, but the world's richest man faces strong resistance from Mukesh Ambani, Asia's wealthiest, who runs Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio. Following a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the US on Tuesday, Musk said he was keen to launch Starlink in India which "can ...
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Prime Minister Modi Hails India as an Investment Destination for Semiconductors Tech
Prime Minister Modi credited steps like connecting villages with broadband, investment in developing capabilities in 5G, IoT, and clean energy technologies are paving the way to lead India towards the next technology revolution.
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BharatNet Project Gets Cabinet Approval for Rs. 19,041-Crore Viability Gap, to Roll Out in 16 States
The Cabinet approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project for broadband services in villages in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs. 19,041 crore, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
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Cabinet Approves Rs 19,041 Crore Funding For BharatNet Project In 16 States
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project for broadband services in villages in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs 19,041 crore, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
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Airtel Launches 4G Services in 26 Ladakh Villages
Airtel on Thursday launched its 4G and 2G services in 26 villages in Ladakh to become the first operator offering high speed mobile broadband to these high altitude regions.
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New Telecom Policy Is Here but What About the Previous One?
The NTP-2012 aimed to achieve goals like increasing number of broadband connections, national mobile number portability, and increasing rural tele-density. What happened to those objectives and how far have we come? We find out.
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Airtel to Setup Broadband Experience Centres in 3 Villages in Partnership With BharatNet
Airtel, in partnership with the Department of Telecom, plans to boost broadband penetration in rural India by piloting Broadband Experience Centres based on BharatNet infrastructure.
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BSNL Launches 100G Optical Transport Network for Ultra-Fast Broadband
The BSNL 100G Optical Transport Network will provide Super Express Highways across the country, and help service central projects such as BharatNet, SWAN, and NKN.
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80,000 Gram Panchayats Provided With Broadband: Government
The government today said 80,000 gram panchayats in the country have been provided with broadband connectivity under BharatNet programme and the rest of the targeted 1 lakh villages will be given the facility by the next month.
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Mozilla Declares 'Project Gram Marg Solution for Rural Broadband' Winner of Equal Rating Innovation Challenge
The Project Gram Marg team has developed a technology that makes use of the unused white space on the TV spectrum in order to backhaul data from village Wi-Fi clusters to provide broadband access.
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55,669 Villages to Have Mobile Connectivity by 2019: DoT
On connecting rural India through high-speed broadband, DoT said it has completed laying of optic fibre in 48,199 gram panchayats as on April 25, 2016.
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Broadband in All Village Panchayats by 2018: Telecom Secretary
Telecom Secretary J S Deepak said all panchayats will have an ecosystem that will further boost the connectivity and bridge the digital divide in the country.
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Punjab May Be First State With Broadband in Every Village: Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani today said he is looking forward to Punjab becoming the first state in the country where every village will be covered with broadband mobile connectivity as he committed to invest towards digital infrastructure in the state.
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Microsoft to Bring Low-Cost Broadband to Half a Million Villages in India
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made the announcement speaking at a dinner hosted in San Jose on Saturday.
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Big Change In BharatNet Project For Last-Mile Broadband Connectivity: Sources
The Narendra Modi cabinet on Friday has approved Rs 1.39 lakh crore for the BharatNet Project, its biggest rural telecom project to enhance the country's rural internet connectivity.
-
Elon Musk's Starlink High-Speed Internet Service Eyes India, Faces Resistance From Reliance Jio Over Auctions
Elon Musk is eager to bring his Starlink satellite broadband to India, but the world's richest man faces strong resistance from Mukesh Ambani, Asia's wealthiest, who runs Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio. Following a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the US on Tuesday, Musk said he was keen to launch Starlink in India which "can ...
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Prime Minister Modi Hails India as an Investment Destination for Semiconductors Tech
Prime Minister Modi credited steps like connecting villages with broadband, investment in developing capabilities in 5G, IoT, and clean energy technologies are paving the way to lead India towards the next technology revolution.
-
BharatNet Project Gets Cabinet Approval for Rs. 19,041-Crore Viability Gap, to Roll Out in 16 States
The Cabinet approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project for broadband services in villages in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs. 19,041 crore, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
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Cabinet Approves Rs 19,041 Crore Funding For BharatNet Project In 16 States
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project for broadband services in villages in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs 19,041 crore, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
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Airtel Launches 4G Services in 26 Ladakh Villages
Airtel on Thursday launched its 4G and 2G services in 26 villages in Ladakh to become the first operator offering high speed mobile broadband to these high altitude regions.
-
New Telecom Policy Is Here but What About the Previous One?
The NTP-2012 aimed to achieve goals like increasing number of broadband connections, national mobile number portability, and increasing rural tele-density. What happened to those objectives and how far have we come? We find out.
-
Airtel to Setup Broadband Experience Centres in 3 Villages in Partnership With BharatNet
Airtel, in partnership with the Department of Telecom, plans to boost broadband penetration in rural India by piloting Broadband Experience Centres based on BharatNet infrastructure.
-
BSNL Launches 100G Optical Transport Network for Ultra-Fast Broadband
The BSNL 100G Optical Transport Network will provide Super Express Highways across the country, and help service central projects such as BharatNet, SWAN, and NKN.
-
80,000 Gram Panchayats Provided With Broadband: Government
The government today said 80,000 gram panchayats in the country have been provided with broadband connectivity under BharatNet programme and the rest of the targeted 1 lakh villages will be given the facility by the next month.
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Mozilla Declares 'Project Gram Marg Solution for Rural Broadband' Winner of Equal Rating Innovation Challenge
The Project Gram Marg team has developed a technology that makes use of the unused white space on the TV spectrum in order to backhaul data from village Wi-Fi clusters to provide broadband access.
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55,669 Villages to Have Mobile Connectivity by 2019: DoT
On connecting rural India through high-speed broadband, DoT said it has completed laying of optic fibre in 48,199 gram panchayats as on April 25, 2016.
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Broadband in All Village Panchayats by 2018: Telecom Secretary
Telecom Secretary J S Deepak said all panchayats will have an ecosystem that will further boost the connectivity and bridge the digital divide in the country.
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Punjab May Be First State With Broadband in Every Village: Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani today said he is looking forward to Punjab becoming the first state in the country where every village will be covered with broadband mobile connectivity as he committed to invest towards digital infrastructure in the state.
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Microsoft to Bring Low-Cost Broadband to Half a Million Villages in India
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made the announcement speaking at a dinner hosted in San Jose on Saturday.
