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Broadband to reach 1 lakh panchayats by December: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar PrasadUnder the NOFN project, the NDA govt had planned to connect 50,000 GPs by March 2015, another 1 lakh by March 2016 and rest of the one lakh...- Budget 2015: Andhra Pradesh becomes first state to execute NOFN on its ownThe state had proposed to execute the project at a cost of Rs 4,913 cr in five years while Centre has earmarked Rs 1,940 cr for the NOFN pr...
- Expert committee on NOFN may submit report by next monthThe panel has also been asked to recommend best possible business models that can be leveraged to rope in the private sector.
- PM Narendra Modi seeks timely implementation of NOFN broadband projectThe Prime Minister reviewed the progress of various projects under the Digital India programme and also the NOFN in the last week of Decemb...
- NOFN giving only half of promised 100 mbps broadband speedVillage panchayats connected with the National Optical Fibre Network are getting broadband speed of only 50 mbps.
- Government to involve private players to cover 50 thousand panchayats under NOFNThe deadline for the project running at snail's pace was advanced to December 2016 from March 2017 on directions from PM Narendra Modi.
- Kerala's Idukki to get India's first hi-speed rural broadband networkWith the commissioning of the network, Idukki would become the first district in the country to have all its gram panchayats connected thro...
- 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...
- Government advances national optical fibre network roll out target to December 2016The last phase of NOFN roll out to connect 1 lakh village panchayats will be completed by December 2016, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Pras...
- Supply issues, labour constraints delay NOFN project: GovernmentNOFN aims to provide high-speed broadband connectivity to 2.50 lakh gram panchayats by March 2017 and the estimated cost of the project is ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Digital India plan to get more expensive; cost likely to jump nearly 40%NOFN will be the main highspeed internet backbone for delivering government services to the common man under the Digital India initiative f...
- 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.
- DoT asks state governments to waive right of way charges for speeding up NOFN rolloutState governments must "contribute by not levying any RoW charges toward optic fibre rollout" as they will be leveraging NOFN to launch mul...
- Setback to govt e-services project; BSNL reluctant to lease out dark fibreThe fate of a near Rs 30,000-crore telecom venture for delivering community wi-fi services using the upcoming national optic fibre network ...
- Finance Ministry approached to bridge Rs 4763-cr gap in NOFN projectBSNL’s rural landline operations had hit a rough patch after the government suspended its annual Rs 2,000-crore subsidy payouts in July 201...
- Rollout of national optic fibre network delayed yet againThe communications ministry is likely to miss the revised rollout targets of the venture with Bharat Sanchar Nigam, PowerGrid and RailTel.
- Telecom Commission approves setting up Wi-fi hotspots in 2.5 lakh panchayatsNow a detailed project report (DPR) will be prepared and then a final approval will be taken," said a source in the Department of Telecom.
- Sam Pitroda warns NOFN broadband project may miss December 2013 rollout deadlineSam Pitroda has warned that the communications ministry may be unable to implement its Rs 20,000-crore broadband venture involving the roll...
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