HFCL bags Rs 2,666 crore telcom gear supply order from Rail Vikas Nigam for BharatNet projectHFCL has secured a significant Rs 2,666 crore order from Rail Vikas Nigam Limited. This contract is for the BharatNet Phase-3 project in Ut...
17 Jun, 2026, 09.29 PM IST
Jefferies raises Polycab share price target after 30% rally in 2026. Here are 5 reasons whyPolycab India gained up to 4% after Jefferies raised its target price to Rs 10,920 and reiterated its Buy rating. The brokerage cited marke...
17 Jun, 2026, 02.07 PM IST
AI boom hands HFCL investors nearly 200% returns in just 6 months. Overheated or undervalued?HFCL shares have surged nearly 200% in six months, driven by the AI boom and India's expanding data centre industry. The company, a key opt...
17 Jun, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
BSNL, IIT Kanpur sign MoU for next-generation telecom technologiesBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for...
10 Jun, 2026, 05.06 PM IST
HFCL vs Sterlite Tech: Both stocks turn multibaggers, rocket up to 375% YTD. Should you invest amid AI boom?Optical fibre makers HFCL and Sterlite Technologies are experiencing a boom, with shares surging due to massive demand for AI-driven data c...
29 May, 2026, 01.32 PM IST
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
DoT proposes to drop Bharatnet infra from its asset monetisation planAccording to sources, the earlier attempt to monetise the asset under Bharatnet failed to get satisfactory response from private players.
06 Dec, 2022, 07.26 PM IST
Niti Aayog expects Rs 35,100 crore from telecom assets by FY24The National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) has valued 13,567 mobile tower assets of BSNL and 1,350 of MTNL at Rs 8,800 crore that can also be...
23 Aug, 2021, 09.22 PM IST
12000 Uttarakhand villages to get net connectivity under BharatNet project 2.0The Centre gave its nod to implement the BharatNet 2.0 project in Uttarakhand on Monday when Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met IT Mi...
22 Feb, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
Government disburses Rs 20,431 crore for BharatNet projectAccording to official estimates shared in November 2017, the total cost of both phases of BharatNet was Rs 45,000 crore.
18 Jul, 2019, 04.07 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
Absence of chief in Bharat Broadband may further delay BharatNet rolloutBharat Broadband Networks, is yet to get a new head after Aruna Sundararajan was re-designated as steel secretary in October, according to ...
25 Jan, 2016, 11.45 AM 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
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