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
Common Service Centre stops BharatNet fibre maintenance as dues mountCSC is a special purpose vehicle set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the Companies Act, 1956. BharatNet ...
11 Aug, 2022, 06.00 AM 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
BharatNet quality poor despite payments to CSC: CAGIn a 94-page draft report, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said despite huge payments to CSC, the maintenance of cable a...
17 Jul, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
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...
08 Jul, 2021, 12.07 PM 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
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
HFCL bags Rs 879 crore deal from TCILTCIL has won bid from state-run telecom operator BSNL for rolling out national broadband project BharatNet and it has sub-contracted the sa...
05 Oct, 2018, 10.25 PM IST
Wi-Fi adds wing to BharatNet, data usage jumps 190% in villagesKarnataka at present has largest number of GPs where BharatNet infrastructure is used for Wi-Fi choupal project at 12,978 locations, follow...
27 May, 2018, 02.13 PM IST
Jio, Airtel take lead in signing up for BharatNet connectivityReliance Jio has lead the pack with a initial payment of Rs 13 crore for taking fibre connectivity from Bharat Broadband Network Limited, t...
13 Nov, 2017, 08.06 PM IST
DoT looks to bring in new telecom policy by February: Manoj Sinha"We expect high level committee working on it to finalise draft by end of December and place it for public comments," the Communications Mi...
07 Nov, 2017, 11.01 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
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
Seven states propose own broadband network model: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar PrasadGovernment has given option to roll out broadband network as per three models - current model operated by CPSUs, SPV or state run and priva...
29 May, 2015, 07.45 PM IST