'There's talk of one party, but three have got Satcom licences': Jyotiraditya ScindiaCommunications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia highlighted India's technology-agnostic policy towards satellite communications during a recen...
Why wait for Starlink when the rural internet gap is India’s to fixStarlink has not obtained a license in India yet continues to push for service expansion. The reported costs for Starlink services are sign...
TCIL pays Rs 43.86 crore dividend to government for FY26; profit after tax at Rs 146 croreTelecommunications Consultants India Ltd has paid a dividend of Rs 43.86 crore to the Government of India. This payment follows an operatin...
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...
GFF 2026: Scindia pitches ‘digital trinity’ of connectivity, compute and trust for AI economyGFF 2026 Scindia: Connectivity, compute, and trust are the new digital trinity for fintech and AI. India's mobile phones and telecom networ...
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...
BharatNet now connects 171,000 blocksBharatNet, a national programme to connect villages with high-speed optic fibre cable, was initially launched in 2012, but has missed sever...
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...
1.10 lakh gram panchayats given optical fibre connectivity: GovernmentUnion minister Narendra Singh Tomar told the Lok Sabha that the government has taken initiatives to provide Internet/ e-panchayat facility ...
Government plans Rs 3,600 crore subsidy to telcos for BharatNetWith Phase 1 of BharatNet set to complete by the end of 2017 – which will give fibre connectivity to 1 lakh gram panchayats at an investmen...
DoT to seek Cabinet nod for BharatNet Phase-II by March-endThe proposal is expected to be sent to the Cabinet by March-end.
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...
Recommendation on new BharatNet model by December-end: TraiTrai expects to finalise by December-end the recommendations on new model to roll out BharatNet, which is aimed at providing broadband netw...
Trai to submit recommendations on BharatNet by month endTrai will submit its recommendations to the government by the month-end on implementing the national broadband project, BharatNet, with gre...
Trai for effective implementation of BharatNetTrai today said it was for the effective implementation of BharatNet, for which it had floated a consultation paper whose recommendations w...
Trai suggests build-own-operate-transfer model for BharatNetThe cost for setting up the massive broadband network is now estimated to be Rs 72,000-74,000 crore as against the initial estimate of Rs 2...
National optical fibre network renamed as BharatNetUnder BharatNet, the committee expects retail broadband services should be available at prices below Rs 150 a month in poorer states.