Public Wi-Fi companies back Trai call to cap data rates under PM-WANIPublic Wi-Fi hotspot providers under the PM-WANI scheme support the telecom regulator's recommendation for a price ceiling but seek more in...
17 Jan, 2025, 08.10 AM IST
Trai proposes capping data rates under PM WaniThe telecom regulator proposes capping the broadband connectivity costs for public data offices (PDOs) at twice the retail home broadband r...
16 Jan, 2025, 12.40 AM IST
Telcos-ISPs, tech cos blow hot & cold over Wi-Fi hotspot planA conflict is emerging between telecom and internet service providers and tech companies over the government's PM-Wani Wi-Fi hotspot initia...
19 Sep, 2024, 08.04 AM IST
PM-WANI rule changes seen to give big boost to Wi-Fi hotspots, create lakhs of micro-entrepreneursAmendments to the PM-WANI framework are set to boost local Wi-Fi hotspot setups, creating many micro-entrepreneurs. Broadband India Forum (...
17 Sep, 2024, 08.29 PM IST
India's ambitious PM-WANI push fails to pick up pace amid major pushback by telcosDespite the PM-WANI scheme's goal to democratise internet access, its impact has been limited due to resistance from telecom operators and ...
16 Sep, 2024, 12.46 AM IST
Trai proposes lower cost structure for public Wi-Fi providers under PM-WaniThis comes after Trai noted that in the name of commercial agreement, TSPs/ISPs are often pushing public Wi-Fi providers to connect the acc...
24 Aug, 2024, 08.51 AM IST
J&K soldier on leave missing; search operations launchedAs per his family members, Wani drove to nearby Chawalgam village around 7:30 pm to buy groceries and mutton. At around 8 pm, he informed t...
31 Jul, 2023, 01.02 AM IST
BSNL to migrate 30,000 wifi hotspots to PM-WANI framework by June: DoT officialIn a bid to fuel broadband internet proliferation across the country, the government, in December 2020, approved the setting up of public w...
24 May, 2022, 04.35 PM IST
Public wifi hotspots have potential to generate 2-3 cr jobs this year : Telecom SecretaryTelecom Secretary K Rajaraman while speaking at Broadband India Forum (BIF) event called upon wifi equipment makers to lower the cost of th...
22 Jan, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
Communications ministry preparing spectrum roadmap for next 10 yrs in consultation with stakeholders: DhotreThe Cabinet had approved the scheme for broadband proliferation through public wi-fi networks based on Wireless Access Network Interface (W...
11 Feb, 2021, 07.28 PM IST
Prime Minister Wani: Centre targets two million Wi-Fi hotspots by the end of 2021Once the service is live, anyone can register as a public data operator aggregator (PDOA) by filling in a one-page form on the central regi...
22 Dec, 2020, 08.36 AM IST
CSC network to become largest provider of WANI WiFi hotspots in rural IndiaThe initiative by the government-run network of digital kiosks will provide a major boost by immediately onboarding around 200,000 hotspots...
11 Dec, 2020, 09.09 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir police kills Hizbul Mujahideen's commander Manan Wani, aideThe joint Hurriyat leadership of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik have called for shutdown against the killing on Frid...
12 Oct, 2018, 11.58 AM IST
Imran Khan’s minister calls Burhan Wani a freedom fighterExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was to meet her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the margins of the United Nations Gen...
25 Sep, 2018, 08.56 AM IST
India slams Burhan Wani's reference in Nawaz Sharif's UN speech"Pak PM Sharif at #UNGA glorifies Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani in UN's highest forum. Shows continued Pak attachment to terrorism," Vikas S...
22 Sep, 2016, 01.05 AM IST
Barring Anantnag, curfew lifted from all parts of KashmirViolent clashes between protestors and security forces saw 47 persons including two policemen killed while 5500 others were injured.
26 Jul, 2016, 02.18 PM IST
Centre expects trouble in Kashmir, orders forces to gear upIn his meeting with MHA officials, PM Modi is believed to have raised queries regarding undue publicity being given to death of a militant ...
13 Jul, 2016, 02.30 AM IST