HFCL shares in focus on securing Rs 2,500 cr advance work order from BSNLHFCL share price: HFCL has become the first company to enter into an agreement with BSNL as the Project Implementation Agency (PIA) for the...
20 Feb, 2025, 09.19 AM IST
BharatNet Phase-III to create nearly 25k jobs: TeamLease"The recently launched phase III of BharatNet marks a significant shift in strategy," said Subburathinam P, chief strategy officer at TeamL...
26 Nov, 2024, 06.04 AM IST
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...
11 Nov, 2024, 11.10 PM IST
Department of Telecommunications pulls up CSC for 'substandard' BharatNet workIn a letter dated July 13 to CSC’s chief operating officer (COO) Abhishek Singh, the DoT and the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), ...
19 Jul, 2021, 11.13 AM IST
CSC to give free net via BharatNet till March: Ravi Shankar PrasadCommon Service Centres (CSCs) will give internet free to individuals and institutions through BharatNet – a countrywide optical fibre netwo...
26 Dec, 2019, 07.54 AM IST
CSCs to offer free Wifi till March 2020CSCs or Common service centers have got permission to manage BharatNet’s last mile deployment in 1,20,000 panchayats. This means that in th...
25 Dec, 2019, 07.20 PM IST
BharatNet: Airtel partners with telecom department to boost rural broadband penetrationUnder the partnership, Airtel has set up three such centres in three villages in the Ghazipur, Gorakhpur and Varanasi districts of Uttar Pr...
14 Jun, 2018, 08.42 AM IST
DoT gears up to complete BharatNet rollout ahead of scheduleAn official said that the target was advanced as the government wants to highlight availability of broadband connectivity and digital servi...
18 May, 2018, 09.47 PM IST
One lakh gram panchayats become internet-service ready in Phase 109 Jan, 2018, 06.52 AM IST
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...
13 Nov, 2017, 09.03 AM IST
Second phase of BharatNet okayed, deadline extended by a quarter to March 2019The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a budget of Rs 42,068 crore for BharatNet programme. Of this, Rs 18,792 crore will be for the second phas...
19 Jul, 2017, 11.40 PM IST
Reliance Jio in talks with govt to lease out its dark fibre for bharatnet initiativeReliance Jio Infocomm could become the first telecom operator in the country to lease fibre being laid by the government under the BharatNe...
04 May, 2017, 11.36 PM IST
80,000 gram panchayats now have broadband: GovtAs per the govt, a total of one lakh gram panchayats were to be provided with broadband connectivity under BharatNet by March end this year.
31 Mar, 2017, 07.26 PM IST
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...
21 Jul, 2016, 04.59 AM IST
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...
03 Dec, 2015, 05.33 PM IST
Government's 72,000-crore BharatNet programme to be put before Cabinet within 2 months: BBNL CMDNationwide broadband network programme BharatNet is likely to be submitted for the Cabinet approval in two months.
21 Sep, 2015, 11.39 AM IST
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.
02 Apr, 2015, 03.06 AM IST