PMO to review progress of BharatNet projectBharatNet is the Centre’s ambitious programme that seeks to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats or village blocks with optic-fibre-based netwo...
RailTel blames delay in fibre cable rollout to slow RoW clearances, inhospitable terrainRailTel Chairman R K Bahuguna blamed the company’s slow pace of OFC deployment primarily to delayed RoW clearances.
National Optical Fibre Network work speed needs to rise by 50 times to meet targetTo cover about 1 lakh village panchayats, about 2.17 lakh kilometres of incremental cable has to be laid down and 7,188 kilometers of pipe.
National optic fibre network project has barely progressed, says DoT officialBBNL has concluded barely a fraction of the countrywide cable rollout due to continuing delays faced by BSNL in finalising tenders for cabl...
Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg asks BSNL, BBNL to jointly ensure meeting NOFN deadlineGarg said BSNL and BBNL “need to find solutions jointly“ as the NOFN project is being directly monitored by the prime minister.
DoT may rejig national optical fibre network project to link all panchayatsThe Department of Telecom is looking at various models to expedite the rollout of National Optical Fibre Network that aims to link all panc...
Biggest national broadband venture awaits cabinet’s approval of Rs 1,500-crore payoutIndia’s biggest national broadband venture is hanging fire as the Cabinet hasn’t approved a Rs 1,500-crore payout of administrative charges...
BSNL, Power Grid set to sign pact on Northeast connectivityBSNL will shortly sign a bandwidth-sharing agreement with Power Grid to boost telecom connectivity across the Northeast.
Rollout of national optic fibre network delayed yet againThe communications ministry is likely to miss the revised rollout targets of the venture with Bharat Sanchar Nigam, PowerGrid and RailTel.
BSNL, PowerGrid, RailTel get cracking on optic fibre projectThe comments by the Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF) came in response to a query by Rajya Sabha MP and former owner of BPL Mobile.
BSNL, PowerGrid & RailTel to get Rs 2,700 crore for optic fibre rolloutCable laying and trenching is the most expensive piece of the communications ministry's ambitious Rs 21,000-crore national broadband rollou...
Govt needs Rs 13,645 crore to meet rural broadband targetGovt will dip into the Universal Service Obligation Fund, which has a little over Rs 21,800 crore left to finance a slew of projects.
- Department of Telecom mulls creation of Rs 1k cr SPV to implement rural schemes
The Telecom Ministry is likely to create a special purpose vehicle with an authorised capital of Rs 1,000 crore for implementing schemes.
- BSNL, MTNL, RailTel & others to build Rs 20,000 crore broadband network
Telecom ministry has accepted FinMin's stance that BSNL must not be entrusted with 20K cr project to build broadband network.
- DoT, Pitroda clash over rollout of Rs 12k-cr optical fibre project
Serious differences from within could stymie the Central government's ambitious plan to bridge the digital divide across the country.
- Pitroda suggests Rs 13,228 crore project to e-link Panchayats
Sam Pitroda, advisor to the PM on IT and Infrastructure, has proposed a Rs 13,228 crore project to connect 2.5 lakh panchayats with broadba...
- PowerGrid not yet ready to vacate airwaves
After the defence forces, it’s now the PowerGrid Corporation which is not prepared to vacate spectrum ahead of the auction in January.