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GFGNL flouts norms, say domestic firms; BSNL flags restrictive conditionsThe Gujarat Fibre Grid Network Limited is facing backlash over its stringent turnover requirements in the tender process. Domestic companie...
India Inc should utilise FTAs, focus on value addition, diversify export markets, says govt officialIndustry must utilize free trade agreements for expanded market access and investment. Value addition and supply chain resilience are cruci...
Parliamentary panel flags gaps in BharatNet rollout, seeks state-wise performance auditA parliamentary panel identified gaps in the BharatNet rural broadband program's rollout. Substantial infrastructure exists, yet operationa...
Pratap Technocrats signs Rs 8,025 crore pact with BSNL for BharatNet ProgTelecom firm Pratap Technocrats has secured a Rs 8,025 crore contract with BSNL to design, build, operate, and maintain BharatNet Phase III...
HFCL begins largest deployment of indigenously made network routers for BharatNetIndia's network router market is currently dominated by US companies after Chinese gears were restricted by the government under telecom se...
HFCL consortium to get contract worth Rs 13,000 cr for BharatNet Phase 3 projectHFCL and its partners won bids totaling Rs 13,000 crore to build optical fiber broadband networks in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab under BharatN...
Polycab to deploy Tanfinet-led BharatNet network by March 2023Earlier, the company has completed BharatNet-II programs in Bihar and Gujarat in a record time as a consortium player.
Auditor slams Common Service Centre for poor service quality in BharatNet programmeIn a 94-page draft report, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said that despite a huge payment to CSC, the maintenance of c...
Centre allocates Rs 19,041-crore more for BharatNet last legOf the targeted 2.5 lakh gram panchayats (village blocks) covering more than 6 lakh villages, 1,56,223 blocks have been covered by May 31, ...
Make in India: HFCL ships 1 lakh indigenous Wi-Fi systems in record timeThe homegrown company, that has an order book of Rs 7,500 crore has supplied Wi-Fi gear to private players and is also eyeing to further sh...
BharatNet gets Rs 6,000 cr allocation in Budget, new policy on data centre parks on anvilThe govt intends to bring out a policy to enable private sector to build data centre parks throughout the country, FM Nirmala Sitharaman sa...
Budget 2019: BharatNet to be speeded upThe FM said the government would dip into the Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF) corpus to enable BharatNet to boost rural broadband...
1.19 lakh village blocks service-ready under BharatNet- I: BBNL CMDSarvesh Singh, chairman of Bharat Broadband Network, said focus was on infrastructure expansion and attributed delay to several issues such...
Telecom firms seek Modi government's help to unlock Rs 1,400 croresIn a letter to the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) administrator, Telecom Export Promotion Council has sought the department to re...
Government reshuffles officers to fast-track telecom connectivity programsThe department has assigned BharatNet deployment, Wi-Fi pilot initiatives and other common service centers or CSC-related projects to joint...
Spectrum sale only in second-half of 2019DoT officials had privately conceded that an auction is unlikely in FY19, given that the industry is saddled with huge debt, and is facing ...
Uttar Pradesh ‘giving a cold shoulder’ to BharatNet ProjectUttar Pradesh has been reluctant to use the BharatNet optic fibre broadband network for electronic delivery of public services.
Wi-Fi in panchayats: Govt floats tender to install 5 lakh hotspots by year-endThe project is expected to be completed at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore. Wi-fi hotspots will be available in social institutions like police s...
Budget 2018: Government aiming to set up 5 lakh hotspots, allocates Rs 10000 croreThe government will work towards connecting 1.5 lakh more villages under Bharatnet initiative," Jaitley said while presenting the Union Bud...
Government's pan-India broadband network not possible before end 2018The govt's ambitious plan to provide broadband internet connectivity across the countryside is likely to be delayed by at least two yrs bec...