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Future hazy for BharatNet as Starlink, Kuiper eye rural India's connectivityIndia's BharatNet project, aiming to connect rural areas with fibre broadband, faces questions about its future relevance due to the emerge...29 May, 2025, 09.04 AM IST- View: BharatNet crucial for achieving progress towards Digital India's goalsBharatNet's network comprises two segments: BSNL-owned trunk line, and incremental additions connecting each GP headquarters. To ensure rel...26 Feb, 2025, 11.12 PM 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
- 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...23 Feb, 2022, 11.28 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
- 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...05 Jul, 2019, 12.27 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
- 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
- DoT to seek Cabinet nod for BharatNet Phase-II by March-endThe proposal is expected to be sent to the Cabinet by March-end.05 Jan, 2017, 07.10 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 backs Public Private Partnership model for BharatNet implementationIn its recommendations to the government Trai broadened the scope of the private sector company or 'concessionaire's' role in implementing ...01 Feb, 2016, 05.59 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
- 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...04 Dec, 2015, 01.59 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
- 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...18 Nov, 2015, 05.30 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
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