ITI Ltd shares zoom 9% after emerging as L1 bidder for Rs 3,000 crore projectITI Share Price: ITI Ltd shares surged 9% after being awarded a Rs 3,022 crore BharatNet project for Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, and And...
08 Nov, 2024, 11.45 AM IST
Rural broadband project lags over planning glitchesBharatNet aims to provide broadband connectivity across rural India but faces delays and increased costs. Equipment worth crores is poorly ...
14 Sep, 2024, 06.04 PM IST
BSNL’s rural broadband pilot to be extended to 5 lakh homes amid strong demandThe government is utilising BharatNet optical fibre network in collaboration with BSNL to provide the connections. “Such kind of arrangemen...
16 Mar, 2023, 05.26 PM IST
Tech and telcos in a tight race for BharatNet projectThe pre-bid conference for the rollout of the second phase of the project, which is expected to link 3.61 lakh villages by August 2023 reco...
17 Aug, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Cabinet clears additional Rs 19,041 crore for BharatNetThe approval comes within days of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing additional funding of Rs 19,041 crore for the BharatNet pr...
30 Jun, 2021, 07.07 PM IST
12000 Uttarakhand villages to get net connectivity under BharatNet project 2.0The Centre gave its nod to implement the BharatNet 2.0 project in Uttarakhand on Monday when Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met IT Mi...
22 Feb, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
Government disburses Rs 20,431 crore for BharatNet projectAccording to official estimates shared in November 2017, the total cost of both phases of BharatNet was Rs 45,000 crore.
18 Jul, 2019, 04.07 PM IST
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.
21 Nov, 2018, 09.20 AM IST
BSNL vows swift action on BharatNet concerns; says responsible for upkeep of optical fibre portionBSNL has promised to take action against erring officers, but asserted that its maintenance responsibility pertains to only the optical fib...
18 Nov, 2018, 12.59 PM IST
Tenders for wifi service in villages by year-end: Aruna SundararajanBharatNet project is the new brandname of National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) which was launched in October 2011 to provide broadband con...
25 Sep, 2018, 07.49 PM IST
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 ...
08 Feb, 2018, 02.00 PM 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
Government plans WiFi for all panchayats by March 2019 at a cost of Rs 3,700 croreThe government expects to start broadband services with about 1,000 megabit per second (1 gbps) across 1 lakh gram panchayats by the end of...
07 Sep, 2017, 07.49 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
Centre asks states to follow Andhra Pradesh plan for BharatNet projectThe progress of the project implementation has slowed down due to the inability of the company to procure optical network termination equip...
17 May, 2016, 04.02 PM IST
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...
18 Dec, 2015, 10.35 PM 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