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Govt plans Rs10,000 crore tender to set up more rural Wi-Fi hotspots
The telecom dept will soon issue a revised to set up five public Wi-Fi hotspots in every gram panchayat, to ensure higher proliferation of high-speed rural broadband across 25,000 gram panchayats
2 min read21 Jun 2018Has BharatNet fulfilled its end task of providing functional internet?
The status of the BharatNet project and the government's claims need to be taken with a large dose of salt
3 min read17 May 2018Budget 2018: Govt earmarks Rs14,500 crore for telecom infra projects
The government has also made a provision of Rs4,500 crore for Network for Spectrum project, an alternate communication network for defence services
1 min read1 Feb 2018BharatNet: On a long overdue deadline
Judging by the pace of progress so far, BharatNet may struggle to meet its new deadlineMarch 2019as well
1 min read5 Dec 2017Govt plans wi-fi for all panchayats by March 2019
The government is giving shape to an ambitious Rs3,700-crore plan to cover nearly 5.5 lakh villages with wi-fi services by March 2019, a top department of telecom official said
2 min read7 Sep 2017SBI to adopt 500 villages for development
State Bank of India will be allocating around Rs240 crore over the next three years for the development of the villages
1 min read14 Aug 2017Govt to spend Rs42,068 crore for Internet link to village bodies
Cabinet clears modified implementation strategy for BharatNet project, which aims to provide broadband connectivity to all gram panchayats by March 2019
2 min read20 Jul 2017India needs strong, directly elected mayors
There are not enough champions of better urban governance in major political parties
4 min read12 Jul 2017Govt allocates Rs13,000 crore to DoT for BharatNet, NFS
Govt has set a target to provide high speed broadband connectivity across one lakh gram panchayats by March 2017 and in rest of the 1.5 lakh panchayats by 2018
1 min read13 Feb 2017Public WI-FI hotspots can be new PCO booths
Last-mile Internet connectivity still remains a problem in India, and public Wi-Fi can help
4 min read10 Aug 2016Popular Topics
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