Sterlite Tech bags Rs 250 crore deal from a telecom companyIndia's data demand is growing and dense fiberisation is the need of the hour, STL said in a statement. In this nationwide project, STL wil...
20 Jul, 2022, 12.46 AM IST
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw urges states to tap opportunities in electronics manufacturingSpeaking at the first meeting of Apex Monitoring Authority for the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme, Vaishnaw, who is als...
07 Jul, 2022, 07.21 PM IST
Trai seeks answers for poor broadband proliferation, slow speeds“Even though mobile broadband services are easily available and accessible, what could be the probable reasons that approximately 40% of to...
20 Aug, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
Roads should have ducts to create smart cities says Sunil Sood, MD and CEO, Vodafone IndiaOperators need permission when laying cables for ‘Right Of Way (ROW) and every time roads are dug, the wires often get destroyed.
06 Jan, 2020, 11.35 AM IST
Dinesh Engineers IPO sees dull response, subscribed 0.34% so far on Day 1The price band has been fixed at Rs 183-185.
28 Sep, 2018, 01.50 PM IST
Dinesh Engineers IPO kicks off; should you subscribe?The company has its own optical fibre cable network of around 7,500 km.
28 Sep, 2018, 09.50 AM IST
New highways to have ducts for telecom linesTelecom department will bid out stretches for building the ducts to private players, who will be responsible for maintaining the facilities.
26 Apr, 2018, 10.42 AM IST
No permit to dig up new roads, Bengaluru minister tells OFC providersThe minister met representatives of service providers such as Reliance Jio Infocomm, BSNL, Vodafone, ACT, Reliance Communications, Airtel a...
03 Feb, 2017, 08.47 PM IST
DoT proposes utility duct for cables as part of road designThe Department of Telecom (DoT) has put forth this proposal to states, the Ministry of Rural Development, as as well as the Ministry of Roa...
08 Jan, 2017, 03.04 PM IST
Kerala first state to be fully covered under NOFN projectKerala will be the first state to be fully covered by broadband connectivity under the national optical fibre network (NOFN) project, which...
09 Jan, 2015, 10.12 PM IST
Broadband: Department of Telecommunications seeks time from PMO to complete nation-wide projectDoT has approached the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for a nine-month extension of the national broadband project rollout deadline to Decem...
05 Jan, 2015, 04.06 AM IST
Centre to bring in private companies to speed up Rs 20.1k crore National Optic Fibre Network projectThe DoT will shortly move a Cabinet note to mandate BBNL to appoint an independent project management consultant that will invite bids from...
03 Nov, 2014, 10.35 AM IST
NOFN Project: BSNL blames BBNL for holding up rolloutBBNL is executing the NOFN project while BSNL has been asked by the govt to meet 70% of the countrywide cable laying, trenching and ducting...
30 Sep, 2014, 05.01 AM IST
National optic fibre network project has barely progressed, says DoT officialBBNL has concluded barely a fraction of the countrywide cable rollout due to continuing delays faced by BSNL in finalising tenders for cabl...
23 Sep, 2014, 08.25 PM IST
DoT pushing to finish broadband project roll out by March 2016National Optical Fibre Network project, which aims to link 2.5 lakh village panchayats, may finally be ready by a year in advance .
15 Sep, 2014, 07.03 PM IST
Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg asks BSNL, BBNL to jointly ensure meeting NOFN deadlineGarg said BSNL and BBNL “need to find solutions jointly“ as the NOFN project is being directly monitored by the prime minister.
13 Sep, 2014, 06.20 AM IST
Broadband network target for FY15 likely to be halved, USOF tells Ravi Shankar PrasadGovernment may be preparing to declare broadband connectivity a fundamental right, but the key project for taking high-speed internet to hi...
24 Jun, 2014, 04.00 AM IST